Legal Discipline Vs. Child Abuse: Is It Legal To Spank A Child In California?
Where California draws the line between lawful parental discipline and child abuse, including spanking, Penal Code 273d, CPS risk, and custody consequences.
Child Abuse Charges Explained: Penal Code 273a, 273d & Others
A guide to California child abuse charges, including Penal Code 273a, 273d, neglect, serious injury cases, sexual offenses, and collateral consequences.
How Child Abuse Cases Are Won At Trial
How child abuse trials are won: testing the origin of allegations, child statements, medical evidence, and the prosecution’s proof at trial.
Defending Against CACI Listings: The Child Abuse Central Index
What California’s Child Abuse Central Index is, how CACI listings happen, what they cost, and how to fight them through a grievance hearing.
Contested Custody Cases In California
You are heading into a custody fight. Maybe the other parent is demanding a schedule that erases you from your child’s weekdays. Maybe there are accusations, abuse, drinking, instability, true or invented. Or maybe there is nothing dramatic at all, just two…
Child Support In California
You are separating, and you need to know what child support will look like, from one side or the other. Maybe you are the parent who will receive it, wondering whether it will be enough to keep your children’s life stable and when it starts. Maybe you are the…
Asset Division And Hidden Assets In A California Divorce
You are in a divorce, and you believe your husband may have sent money to his relatives in India. Or your wife bought a property in her father’s name in China. Or there is a business your spouse quietly built during the marriage that has never appeared on any…
What To Do If You Are Investigated By CPS In California
There is a business card wedged in your door from a social worker, with a handwritten note asking you to call. Or your phone rings and the voice identifies itself as Child Protective Services (CPS), wanting to ask you a few questions and arrange a visit. Or the…
False Abuse Allegations In Custody Cases: How They Arise, What They Cost, And How They Are Defeated
You are in a custody battle, and your ex has accused you of abusing your child. Or the accusation is aimed at someone close to you, a family member or your new partner, and it lands on your parenting time anyway. Your visits are suddenly supervised. A social…
The Stages Of A Child Abuse Criminal Case In California
You may already have been arrested on a child abuse allegation. Or you may see a case developing: a CPS visit, a police call, or an accusation taking shape. You need to know what happens next, which decisions matter, and how long this will all take. A child abuse…