Mihell & Associates

Child Custody

Lawyer in Santa Monica, California: Child Custody

A Common Sense Approach for Clients Throughout the Los Angeles Basin

If you are considering filing for divorce or ending a relationship and have minor children, you will be forced to make difficult decisions about custody and visitation. Where will the children live? How much visitation will the non-custodial parent have and how will that take place? You will want an experienced and knowledgeable attorney to protect your rights and help you identify your options, so that you can make informed decisions.

At the law office of Mihell & Associates, we bring over 30 years of legal experience to men and women throughout the Los Angeles basin. We have extensive trial experience and know how to protect your interests in court. We also understand the benefit of resolving your disputes without the intervention of the courts and can help you with mediation or a collaborative law approach to your family law matter. Contact our office to schedule a free initial consultation.

Our Child Custody Practice

We work with married couples and GLBT partners who have custody concerns, helping you establish and implement arrangements that are in the best interests of minor children while protecting and maintaining your parental relationship. We encourage parties to a custody dispute to consider a collaborative approach, as the agreements that come out of cooperation tend to last longer and need little to no enforcement. Nonetheless, we will litigate if necessary to protect your interests and your rights.

We handle a wide range of issues related to custody and visitation, including:

• Determination of temporary or permanent custody upon divorce or termination of a domestic partnership
• Establishment of custody and visitation in situations involving abuse and intervention by Child Protective Services
• The effect of alcohol or drug abuse problems on custody and visitation
• Paternity disputes
• The modification and enforcement of existing child custody and visitation orders
• The impact on custody and visitation when one parent needs to or seeks a relocation or move-away

We help clients find the best solutions to custody disputes, whether that includes joint custody or sole custody, monitored or unmonitored visitation, or difference agreements regarding physical custody and legal custody.

To arrange a free initial consultation, contact us or call us at 310-424-1415. Our office is located one block from the Santa Monica courthouse. We meet with clients by appointment only, but keep flexible hours to meet your needs. We accept credit cards in payment of services rendered.

Mihell & Associates
1541 Ocean Avenue, Suite 200
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Telephone: 310-424-1415 | Fax: 310-424-1416

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At the law office of Mihell & Associates, in Santa Monica, we represent family law clients throughout the Los Angeles Basin in California, including Marina del Rey, Brentwood, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Westwood, Torrance, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Venice, Malibu, Inglewood, Hawthorne, Culver City, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Thousand Oaks, Ventura and Oxnard; and in Los Angeles County, Orange County and Ventura County.