Modesto Divorce Attorney

I help clients achieve their family law goals while protecting their financial future. Specifically, I help clients secure advantageous orders for child support, spousal support, custody, and property division in divorce. Whether you need an aggressive divorce lawyer or have an uncontested divorce, I can help you achieve your family law goals.

Low Retainer Fee

Many clients need affordable legal representation for their family law case. However, many attorneys traditionally charge several thousand dollars upfront as a retainer fee, leaving those who can’t afford that expense to represent themselves in Solano Family Court. To help clients afford my services I offer a low $5,000 retainer fee to clients who agree to make future payments by credit card. This low retainer fee allows clients to retain an aggressive family law attorney and finance that representation by credit card.

Cooperative Divorce

Some couples want to avoid expensive litigation in family law court. In these cases, divorce mediation can be an affordable solution. In mediation, couples meet with a neutral mediator who will help them settle their issues and formalize those agreements in legal documents. Mediation can help agreeable parties save thousands of dollars. Best of all, I offer a flat fee for mediation services.

Affordable Attorney

Many clients need an aggressive attorney to represent their interests in family court. As one of the top divorce attorneys in the greater Sacramento area, I represent many clients in contested divorce cases, but unlike many attorneys, I charge an affordable retainer fee and allow clients to finance litigation by credit card.

$200 Consultation

If you have questions and need legal advice I discount my hourly rate to $200 for the initial consultation. My low consultation fee has helped self-represented parties better understand their case and clients better evaluate my services.

To schedule a consultation and learn more about my representation call my office at (916) 250-1610.

Divorce

The majority of my clients retain me to file or respond to a petition for dissolution of marriage. As a Modesto divorce attorney, I do everything in my power to achieve an optimal outcome for my clients with respect to the division of property, child support, spousal support, and custody. Those clients who contact me early in their divorce often experience better outcomes as we have more time to prepare and impose deadlines upon the other party.

Child Custody

Nothing is more important than a parent’s relationship with their child. Accordingly, child custody is one of the most frequently litigated issues in family court, and with good reason. Some parties utilize domestic abuse allegations and involve government agencies to gain the upper hand in child custody. The other parent may even deny your court-ordered custody or visitation rights by keeping your children from you. When faced with a spouse who uses custody as a weapon many clients find it beneficial to hire an aggressive child custody attorney. Low-cost Modesto divorce lawyer Jin Kim represents clients in contested child custody proceedings and custody mediation.

Domestic Violence Restraining Order

Domestic violence restraining orders are sometimes used as a weapon in child custody. While false allegations of abuse face stiff consequences, some uneducated or unscrupulous parties nevertheless file frivolous domestic violence restraining orders. If you are filing a domestic violence restraining order or have been served with one, retaining a family law attorney early in the process is important. If served, waiting until the last few days before the hearing will nearly guarantee that family law attorneys are unavailable on the day of the hearing.

Child Support

The financial consequences of child support are significant in almost every case. Due to the algebraic formula for calculating child support mandated by statute, and the statutory principles that guide the court’s decision, the final awards can greatly exceed the actual cost of raising a child. Worse yet for the payor, child support payments are not tax-deductible; likewise, they are not taxable to the recipient. With that said, an experienced child support attorney may be able to adjust the calculation depending on the facts of the case.

Fees

Nearly everyone thinking about hiring an attorney wants to know how much the attorney will charge before picking up the phone. To help prospective clients understand attorney fees before the first call I’ve detailed my affordable rates below.

Low Retainer Fee

Like many experienced divorce attorneys in Modesto, I charge clients by the hour as I work on their case. However, unlike many local attorneys, my retainer fee to start work on a case is often only $5,000 when paid by credit card. In some cases, the court can order the other party to reimburse you for attorney fees.

Flat Fee Document Preparation

Some clients don’t need an attorney to represent them in family court. These clients have few assets, no real issues with their spouse, but need an attorney to draft the forms for dissolution of marriage. In other words, they need more services than the family law facilitator can provide, but they feel comfortable filing the divorce papers themselves. In these cases, I charge a flat fee payable online by credit card. If you think your case is simple enough for flat fee document preparation call my office at (916) 250-1610.

Flat Fee Divorce Mediation

Mediation can save couples a lot of money in attorney fees. In divorce mediation, a couple meets with a neutral mediator who guides their settlement discussions. Through several mediation sessions, the couples will come to agreements on property division, child custody, child support, spousal support, and any other outstanding issues. Finally, the mediator will formalize those agreements in the required legal documents that will later be filed with the court.