Family Law

Our clients represent a cross-section of our community and hail from all backgrounds and all walks of life. We have many military and former military clients, and welcome clients from around the United States and the World who have Family Law and related disputes in Southern California. We serve all of San Diego County.

• Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
• Name Changes
• Restraining Orders

• Child Abuse
• Domestic Violence
• Elder Abuse

• Adoptions
• Child Support
• Children's Rights
• Custody
• Paternity
• Visitation

• Civil Unions
• Domestic Partnerships
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender Rights
• Living Together/Cohabitation
• Marriage
• Power of Attorney
• Prenuptial & Postnuptial Agreements

• Individualized Education Plans
• Private Schools
• Public Schools

• Guardianships & Conservatorships
• Powers of Attorney

Divorce

Our clients represent a cross-section of our community and hail from all backgrounds and all walks of life. We have many military and former military clients, and welcome clients from around the United States and the World who have Family Law and related disputes in Southern California. We serve all of San Diego County.

• Alimony/Palimony/Spousal Support
• Annulment

CA, Jun 1992
Bar Number: 158463

All California state courts, and Federal District Court, Southern District of California.

California State Bar
San Diego County Bar

I regularly attend Continuing Education classes in excess of the hours mandated by the State Bar of California. Most of these classes focus on current developments in Family Law and related issues.

Author: "Zarin v. Commissioner Note," San Diego Law Review, Volume 28 No. 4.

We are located in the Mission Valley area of San Diego, California, with a primary focus on Family Law and related consumer law issues. These matters include divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, paternity (determination of parentage), and division of property and real estate issues. The range of our services encompasses matters from parent and grandparent custody / visitation to domestic violence issues and government collection of child support. We have represented clients in interstate and international child custody and child support litigation. We also handle many of the legal issues that are a natural result of the divorce process, including defense against debt collectors and advice on bankruptcy questions, and landlord and tenant disputes and evictions.

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California

I have been practicing for 14 years with the primary area of practice throughout my career being Family Law and associated issues. I have received a distinctive rating based on my skill and professionalism through a confidential peer review process of attorneys and judges in the San Diego area as the result of a poll conducted by Martindale Hubbell Publishing Company.

I was admitted to practice in 1992 and have been in private practice since I was admitted to the bar. I was actively engaged as a Real Estate agent in San Diego from 1988 on.

I am a member of the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program with the San Diego Superior Court, and a member of the Family Law section of the San Diego Bar Association.

Cerrisa Cavin

(619) 236-0599

Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. After 5:00 p.m. by appointment only.

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We will do all summary dissolutions and some will & trust preparations on a fixed-fee basis.

Attorney: $275/hour
Associate Attorney: $250/hour
Paralegal: $175/hour

We offer free initial telephone consultations. Initial consultations (in-office) are $90, approximately 60-90 minutes, and this fee is then applied to the retainer if we are retained.

This varies with the type of case and the complexity of the issues.