Welcome to our inaugural post for The Law Offices of George A. Martinez

 

I am a California family law attorney whom has been serving our local Placer County community for over 24 years now; having moved from Southern California after 10 years of practice.  Why start up a blog now one might ask?  I have worked with many different types of people (both male and female), different age groups, nationalities, and economic levels.  However, regardless of a person’s individual stats (sex, age, income) when people come to our office they are hurting; many times emotionally and sometimes even physically.  My staff and I have always sought to help move the parties from the status of a relationship to the status of separate households in a manner that seeks to minimize the emotional and financial damage to both parties and any children which might be present.  We see our blog as an opportunity to offer insights and information regarding family law, practical tips on how to navigate the legal system and even to provide help regarding communications between the parties and their children during this time of transition.

         Our culture sometimes tries to down play the negative effects of divorce and paternity actions with cultural platitudes like “don’t worry you’ll get over it”; “it happens to the best of us”, “better to have loved and lost …”, and “there are plenty more fish in the sea…” and so on, however, we want to encourage you to use this time of transition (whether the divorce/split was your idea or not) as an opportunity to reflect upon what caused the break down in the relationship, whether personal changes of habits or attitudes need to be made, and to search out what you can do to be a happier and more satisfied individual down the road.  We seek to help you in this endeavor by providing you with quality, helpful information and encourage and the following areas:

·         General legal information about the family law process;

·         Information regarding the issues such as property, support, custody, retirement;

·         Suggestions on how to handle the communication problems which can be present during a divorce;

·         Co-parenting challenges; and

·         Book reviews regarding associated subject matter.

Additionally, my office and staff members will provide insights into the challenges and difficulties which we see from our side of the family law battle lines.  We will discuss how you can avoid some of these difficulties and/or overcome them and provide some hints on how to save on your attorney fees.

           Lastly, because my Wife and I have been married throughout our entire time of practicing family law, we may also offer our own insights and edicts which we have followed in order to help sustain our own long, loving marital relationship.  An example of one of our basic edicts states, “whenever any two people join together in a relationship there are going to be difficulties to overcome and this will be experienced throughout the course of the relationship”.  This is not something to be sad about, on the contrary, my wife and I have learned it is through overcoming these challenges where one gains a deepening of love in the marital relationship; yes, we know it sounds like a contradiction.

Eventually, we hope to open up the blog to content which is requested by our readers, whomever they might be, so we look forward to sharing information and topics with you in the near future.