Providing Comprehensive Family Law Services

The Law Offices of Shirley D. Jacobs is one of the most established family law firms in the East Bay area, with the main office in Pleasanton. We’ve helped thousands of individuals and families find successful resolutions to family law needs since 1978.

At the Law Offices of Shirley D. Jacobs, you’ll find a friendly, knowledgeable staff and skilled family law attorneys prepared to help you accomplish your legal goals efficiently and cost-effectively. We offer a free initial consultation and provide services for a full range of family law concerns. Contact our office to speak to an attorney about:

Divorce

If a couple is interested in working together to develop a divorce settlement that meets the particular needs of their family, our law office has attorneys specially trained in mediation and collaborative law. Both mediation and collaborative divorce are effective in even the most complex divorce cases, if the couple is committed to working together to find a creative resolution. If you expect issues to be contested, we are equally prepared to aggressively assert your rights in the courtroom.

Family Law

Family law encompasses a wide range of legal concerns apart from dissolution of marriage. Our family law attorneys are prepared to assist with:

  • Establishing parentage of a child for an unmarried couple, along with establishing child custody and child support. We help parents collect support as well as dispute garnishment of wages when paternity has not been established.
  • Modifying child custody and/or child support in parental relationship cases
  • Annulments where possible
  • Adoption and Guardianship, including step-parent adoption, grandparent adoption, relative adoption and independent U.S. adoption. A guardianship proceeding is not complicated; it allows an adult family member or friend to take care of a child when parents are not able to do so.

When you become a client at the Law Offices of Shirley D. Jacobs, our family law attorneys work closely with you to ensure that you have a clear understanding of the issues of your case and the options available to you. We communicate on a regular basis and take pride in being highly accessible to our clients. Contact our law office to speak to an attorney.

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The Law Offices of Shirley D. Jacobs provide comprehensive family law services to residents of the East Bay area of California, including Alameda County and Contra Costa County and the nearby cities of Martinez, Danville, Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda, Livermore, San Ramon, Union City, Hayward, San Leandro, Alameda, Emeryville, Dublin, Berkeley and Oakland.