Preparing Your Children for Divorce

Helping your Children Understand Divorce

At Stolar & Associates, our Los Angeles, California, family law attorneys have been helping families protect their children during the process of divorce for over twenty years. If you have children and are considering divorce, or you have already filed for divorce, or your divorce is final and you are involved in post-decree modification of custody or support, a lawyer from our firm would be happy to advise you. Contact our L.A. office to make arrangements for a free consultation.

Divorce is between you and your spouse – exclusively

The primary way in which you and your spouse can support your children during and after divorce is by assuring the children that they are not responsible for the changes in the family. They need to know the divorce is not their fault, and that it is not their responsibility to step up to fill a missing parent's shoes. Do not discuss details of your and your ex's marital or post-marital differences with your children. If at all possible, work with your spouse to agree on how to tell your children about the terms of your visitation rights/child custody/parenting plan. An experienced child custody lawyer or family counselor will be able to help you.

Good Conduct Orders

If your ex/spouse has been undermining your relationship with your children through negative statements about you, our lawyers will help you get a good conduct order—a court order prohibiting your child's other parent from undermining your parent-child relationship through defamation or other conduct. The good conduct order can be an effective way to negotiate terms of a more positive co-parenting relationship.

Domestic Violence Restraining Orders

If you or your children have been or are at risk of emotional or physical violence, it is essential you get the appropriate emergency protective order/restraining order immediately. In California a domestic violence restraining order will be tailored to your specific situation, and may require your spouse/ex to avoid calling you at home or work, maintain a certain physical distance from you, avoid unsupervised contact with your children, move out of the house, pay your attorney fees, or satisfy other requirements. A restraining order is filed with the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS), allowing a wide network of law enforcement agencies to access it.

Call 310.288.1828 or e-mail our Los Angeles firm to speak with an attorney about your divorce. Our lawyers serve clients throughout Southern California, including Thousand Oaks, Agoura hills, Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, Oxnard, and other communities in the greater L.A. area from our Beverly Hills office.

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At Stolar & Associates Los Angeles divorce lawyers represent clients throughout Los Angeles County, the San Fernando Valley, and the Inland Empire of Southern California, including those in Los Angeles County: Agoura Hills, Alhambra, Arcadia, Artesia, Avalon, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Bell, Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Beverly Hills, Bradbury, Brentwood, Burbank, Calabasas, Carson, Cerritos, Claremont, Commerce, Compton, Covina, Cudahy, Culver City, Diamond Bar, Downey, Duarte, El Monte, El Segundo, Gardena, Glendale, Glendora, Hawaiian Gardens, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Hidden Hills, Huntington Park, Industry, Inglewood, Irwindale, La Canada Flintridge, La Mirada, La Puente, La Verne, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lawndale, Lomita, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Lynwood, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Maywood, Monrovia, Montebello, Monterey Park, Norwalk, Palmdale, Palos Verdes Estates, Paramount, Pasadena, Pico Rivera, Pomona, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Rosemead, San Dimas, San Fernando, San Gabriel, San Marino, Santa Clarita, Santa Fe Springs, Santa Monica, Sierra Madre, Signal Hill, South El Monte, South Gate, South Pasadena, Temple City, Thousand Oaks, Torrance, Vernon, Walnut, West Covina, West Hollywood, Westlake Village, and Whittier; Ventura County: Agoura Hills, Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, San Buenaventura (Ventura), Santa Paula, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Ventura, and Westlake Village; San Bernardino County: Adelanto, Apple Valley, Barstow, Big Bear Lake, Blythe, Chino, Chino Hills, Colton, Fontana, Grand Terrace, Hesperia, Highland, Loma Linda, Montclair, Needles, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Redlands, Rialto, San Bernardino, Upland, Victorville, Yucaipa, and Yucca Valley; Riverside County: Banning, Beaumont, Blythe, Calimesa, Canyon Lake, Cathedral City, Coachella, Corona, Desert Hot Springs, Hemet, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Lake Elsinore, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Norco, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Perris, Rancho Mirage, Riverside, San Jacinto, and Temecula; and Orange County: Aliso Viejo, Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Cypress, Dana Point, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Irvine, La Habra, La Habra Heights, La Palma, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Los Alamitos, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ana, Seal Beach, Stanton, Tustin, Villa Park, Westminster, and Yorba Linda, CA.