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For over 40 years, Silva & Associates has offered quality family law services in the Bay Area. Our practice areas include divorce, child support and child custody, pre-nuptial and pre-divorce planning, and more. When you need compassionate family law, choose Silva and Associates.
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Parental Alienation in California
California parental alienation — one parent influencing child against other parent — can lead to custody modification, contempt findings, sanctions, and reunification therapy. Difficult to prove but increasingly recognized.
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Cohabitation Agreements + Unmarried Couples in California
California unmarried couples have NO automatic rights to property, support, or inheritance — cohabitation agreements + careful estate planning are the only protection. "Common-law marriage" is rare + specific.
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Modifying Divorce Decrees in California
California divorce decrees on child support, custody, and alimony can be modified after substantial change in circumstances — but property division generally cannot be reopened.
