Practice Areas

Advocacy in the Right Balance

Aggressive representation by your attorney is not always in your best interests, but Elizabeth Nigro & Associates provides extensive litigation and trial experience for those cases where the client needs a zealous advocate to fight for his or her rights.

DIVORCE A.K.A. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

You or your marital partner wants to end your marriage. One of you, with or without the assistance of legal counsel, files a petition for dissolution of marriage. Contrary to urban myth, your marriage will not automatically terminate by operation of California Law, upon the mere passage of 6 months + 1 day after you or your spouse files for divorce.

SPOUSAL SUPPORT

If you are a party who gave up your career to raise several children, over the course of a 10 + year marriage; or if you have serious health problems which have disabled you from working, you are, in most cases, going to need as much spousal support as possible to transition into your new life in the event of a divorce.

CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION

Every divorce involving minor children, or “parentage action” (i.e. where the parents of a child are unmarried), should include legal and physical custody orders relative to the children.

CHILD SUPPORT

Raising children is expensive. If your marriage or non-marital relationship is ending, in most cases, you should have our firm help you obtain court-ordered child support.

COMMUNITY VERSUS SEPARATE PROPERTY

When your marriage ends, you can ask the court to divide your “community property” acquired during marriage. Hopefully, you and your spouse will be able to reach an agreement as to what assets and debts of your marriage are community, and divide them equally, without the court being the decision maker.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

If you are being abused and need immediate police protection dial 911.
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233

Whether you are the person experiencing abuse or you have been accused of perpetrating abuse, it is a time of complex legal and emotional questions, concerns, and issues.

Elizabeth Nigro & Associates provides legal counseling and assessment of your individual situation before, during, and after any action whether it as a dissolution of marriage; paternity; post-judgment motion; or modification proceeding.

We will take all steps necessary to resolve the case by settlement or trial.