Child Custody Attorneys
San Jose Family Law
There are two categories of child custody; legal custody and physical custody. Legal custody means a parent can fully participate in important decisions about a child's upbringing, including his or her education, medical treatment, and religious training. Physical custody refers to whom the child lives with. California family law presumes the best interest of the child is served when parents share joint legal custody. However it is also possible for a court to award a parent sole physical custody or sole legal custody.
Physical custody agreements often involve children spending most of their time with the parent who has primary or sole physical custody and visiting the other parent regularly.
There is no preference regarding whether the mother or the father should receive primary physical custody. The best interests of the child are the primary concern.
If you are a parent who plans to move away with your children, please contact Hoover & Bechtel, LLP and meet with one of our attorneys before finalizing your plans. If changing your child's primary address interferes with his or her ability to have a continuing relationship with his or her other parent, you risk losing custody of your child. It is important to note that a parent has a right to move anywhere he or she wants. However, those rights are superseded by the child's right to have an ongoing relationship with both parents.
If you child has been taken out of the area or out of the country contact Hoover & Bechtel, LLP.
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With offices in San Jose CA, the family law attorneys of Hoover & Bechtel, L.L.P. serve clients throughout the South Bay / Silicon Valley area, including the communities of Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Fremont, Milpitas, Palo Alto, Gilroy, Morgan Hill, Santa Cruz, Los Altos, California, and the residents of the eleven counties including Santa Clara County, Monterey County, Alameda County, and Contra Costa County.