First, welcome.
Second, I know you’re stressed out.
I know it because Divorce and Family law is my sole area of law and I live through the exact stress you are going through with my Orange County clients every day.
From the moment I wake in the morning, I work hard to get my clients through it and, if you are ready to make the smart choices, you and I will get through your Divorce and Family Law case together and the right way.
How do I know?
Because that also happens every day. Family Law & Divorce clients with whom I met and who were going through the most challenging part of their own life now look back at the process, their lives then and today and often say, “thank goodness I hired you. I don’t know what I would have done without you.”
You can say the same thing.
I have been a lawyer in the State of California for over 15 years.
My family law associates, Matt Sundly and Heidi Frankel, and my partner, Tawny Mazarei, and I have a combined legal experience of well over 50 years.
Let’s talk about where we start.
Step 1 - I want to educate you on Divorce and Family Law in Orange County. Call me at (714) 937-1193 and ask to speak with me. If I am in court or in a meeting when you call, the receptionist will set a phone time (generally the same day) for us to talk.
Step 2 – After we talk, I get a better understanding of your case and you are more informed about your options, we will set a time for 
you to come and meet with me in person. That is a free consultation and, 99% of the time, we will wrap up the consultation within an hour. If weekdays are too difficult because of your work hours, we have Saturday appointments available.
Step 3- You make a choice, the right choice but, just as important, you make an informed choice.
I can hear you asking, “are you affordable?” Absolutely. I will show you how we can tailor your case to your budget.
In the meantime, if you want to read about Orange County Divorce & Family Law, sit back, relax and look through this website. It is filled with valuable and relevant information about all the issues you will likely have in your own case. I wrote everything on this site. We didn’t hire someone to do this for us. Everything you read is accurate and up to date.
To help you navigate the web site, at the top of the screen, you will see two menus, one above the photos and one below. Each menu is a drop down so when you place your cursor on the menu, you will see several other pages “drop down”. Give it a try. You can then click on whichever page you want to read.
The menu above the photos and words “Orange County Divorce Lawyer” discuss our Family Law legal team and each of our 4 lawyers. Our Solution Focused Representation and Plan For Every Budget pages lay out how we customize our representation to your specific case. We don’t believe in cookie cutter representation. You are a unique person, with unique needs, goals and priorities. Your budget for your Divorce or Family Law case may be different than someone else and you should be treated like an individual, not just another case number. The last page at the top of the screen has all of our contact information including our address, phone number, fax and email.
Below the photograph and to the right of the “Home” page tab, there are five-page tabs. Let’s go through those.
The first one is “Your Children”.
This page gives you a wealth of information on Orange County Child Custody and Visitation laws and procedures as well as strategy on how to handle such cases. I know and you know that your kids are your most important asset. Protecting them and acting in their best interests should be your number one priority.
Unfortunately, kids often get caught in the middle of a Divorce or Family Law case and litigating a case like that can break your budget. But, it doesn’t have to be that way. Even in the most serious cases of child abuse, domestic violence, or drug and alcohol abuse, protecting your children shouldn’t cripple you financially. That is where our years of experience can help.
I have handled some of the most contentious child custody cases you could imagine. There is very little I have not seen. We only represent good parents, ones with the right intentions, who care about their kids and act accordingly. And you know what? Those parents who are our clients and are caught in a custody battle because the other parent won’t relent get through it and a great many of them look back at the experience after the court gives our client sole legal and sole physical custody and are so thankful they did it right. You can be as well.
The second and third pages are “Child Support” and “Alimony.”
Each page tab will walk you through the initial support order, modifying the order, what happens at trial, collecting back owed support or defending against a false arrears claim against you and, regarding alimony, the significant differences between a short-term marriage and a long one.
The fourth tab is “Diving Assets”.
This teaches you the difference between community and separate property, how to value property and how to divide it. I always tell my clients only a dummy spends $9.00 on an $8.00 dispute. Add a lot of zeroes to those dollars and that is typically what you see couples in a Divorce and Family Law case do. That is where good advice and not being short-sighted comes in handy.
At the end of the day, if you really want to be a winner in a divorce case, you have to do a cost vs. 
benefit analysis on most financial issues.
Finally, the fifth tab is labeled “Post Judgment Issues.”
This page helps you understand and deal with the post judgment issues you may have on your case. Disputes can arise over whether or not a custody arrangement may need to be modified due to a significant change of circumstances, whether one parent should receive less or more visitation, or whether a change of income requires a modification of support.
While everything I have written on this site is informative, it is not a substitute for one-on-one communication with me.
Few things are more important than dialogue and through that dialogue, we’ll give you the advice to help you make the right choices from the start or, if your divorce case has gone astray, help it and you get back on track.
Call me.
Let’s talk.
We will find solutions together.
Warmest Regards,
B. Robert Farzad
FARZAD & MAZAREI
500 N. State College Blvd., Suite 910
Telephone: (714) 937-1193
Facsimile: (714) 937-1192
email: robert@farzadlaw.com
