Family Lawyer Portola Valley

We provide comprehensive divorce attorney services in Portola Valley for clients seeking legal separation, annulment, or dissolution of marriage. Our firm manages all aspects of the divorce process, from initial filings to final judgment, while helping clients resolve financial and parenting issues with clarity and structure.

Divorce cases in Portola Valley often involve layered financial issues that require careful handling. We work closely with our clients to ensure full disclosure, accurate valuation, and a strategy that protects both immediate and long-term interests.

High-asset divorce requires more than form-filling. It requires financial fluency, strategic planning, and careful presentation to the court. We represent Portola Valley clients in high-asset divorce matters involving multiple residential and investment properties, stock options, RSUs, bonuses, and deferred compensation, trust interests, inheritances, and separate property claims, closely held businesses and professional practices, and retirement accounts, pensions, and brokerage portfolios.

Our attorneys work with financial professionals when necessary to trace assets, evaluate business interests, and distinguish community property from separate property under California law. Whether your goal is settlement or litigation, we prepare every case as if it will be scrutinized by a judge.

We offer experienced child custody representation in Portola Valley for parents navigating California's family court system. Custody cases can be emotionally charged, especially when parents disagree on schooling, schedules, or decision-making authority.

Our team assists with initial custody and visitation orders, parenting plan development, custody modifications, and relocation and move-away disputes. We help clients present thoughtful, well-documented positions that focus on stability and the child's best interests—while protecting parental rights.

We provide clear and accurate child support legal services in Portola Valley, including cases involving high incomes or non-traditional compensation structures. Our attorneys handle guideline child support calculations, requests for deviation based on income or custody time, and modifications due to changed circumstances. We ensure that child support orders are based on real financial data—not assumptions or inflated claims.

We provide property division attorney services in Portola Valley that focus on fairness, transparency, and long-term financial security. Our work includes identifying and valuing community and separate property, dividing real estate and investment holdings, handling retirement accounts and deferred compensation, and resolving disputes involving asset tracing.

California's community property laws are strict, but applying them correctly requires attention to detail. We make sure nothing is overlooked.

We represent clients in spousal support matters in Portola Valley, including temporary support, long-term orders, and post-judgment modifications. Whether you are seeking support or defending against an excessive request, we help courts understand income and earning capacity, length of marriage and standard of living, and financial needs and obligations. Support decisions can shape your future for years. We approach them with care and clarity.

We provide restraining order legal services in Portola Valley for clients seeking protection from abuse or defending against false allegations. These cases move quickly and carry serious consequences. Our attorneys act promptly, prepare thorough filings, and represent clients at hearings with focus and professionalism.

We draft and review prenuptial and postnuptial agreements for Portola Valley clients who want clarity and protection around financial matters. Our agreements address property ownership and division, business interests and inheritance, and support obligations and financial expectations. We ensure agreements meet California's legal requirements and are structured to hold up in court.