Category: Family Law Issues

Understanding Divorce Law and Custody Proceedings

By Vivian L. Holley, JD, MA, CFLS, MFT Having a thorough understanding of the divorce laws and custody proceedings will help you to complete the process as quickly as possible, saving you time, emotional stress, and money. In San Francisco, custody and divorce lawyers generally advise their clients to not make any drastic moves such Read More

Men, Too, Are Victims of Domestic Violence

By Vivian L. Holley, JD, MA, CFLS, MFT Published in: The Association of Certified Family Law Specialists Newsletter, 
Volume: Summer 2009, no. 2 When men are victims of domestic violence, they do not come forward and seek treatment, shelters, and legal protection as readily as women.  This is true for a number of reasons which Read More

Friendly Divorces and Generation X

By Vivian L. Holley, JD, MA, CFLS, MFT Comments by Vivian L. Holley, San Francisco Family and Divorce Mediator Susan Gregory Thomas is about to release her book on the impact of divorce on her generation. Due to the publication of an excerpt in the Wall Street Journal on line earlier this week, there are Read More

On Same-sex Marriage – It’s ALL About the Children-Part 1

By Vivian L. Holley, CFLS, MFT With New York’s recent legalization of same-sex marriage, I have decided to revisit an article I wrote before California passed proposition 8, banning same-sex marriage in our state. As the fight for same-sex marriage rages on, it is important that we keep in mind the legal ramifications of not Read More