On Aug. 1, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. officially recognized August as child support awareness month in California. As part of the initiative Governor Brown took the opportunity to remind parents of the importance of remaining involved in the lives of their children.
California child custody law regarding international abduction
Divorcing couples with children are sometimes unable to reach a consensus regarding child custody and visitation rights. Generally, when that happens, the court will order both parents to attend a meeting with Child Custody Recommending Counseling Services. This agency is located near the Hayward Courthouse in Alameda County. The services are offered at no cost to either parent and are designed to provide the court with a neutral, third-party assessment as to which parent should receive primary custody, visitation rights and other related issues. The court will then consider these recommendations when formulating child custody determinations.
What is a Voluntary Declaration of Paternity?
If parents are married when a child is born California law assumes that the husband is the father and the wife is the mother. When a child is born and the parents are unmarried, the parentage of the child needs to be legally established. A Declaration of Paternity is one of the ways to do this. The Declaration of Paternity says who the legal parents of the child are. Hospitals are required to provide to any unwed mother and attempt to provide to the man identified by the mother as the biological father a voluntary Declaration of Paternity.
