For more information about Bowman & Associates’ Family Law services, you can visit our supplemental Family Law website at www.rbowmanlaw.com

Our family law section will help negotiate for you a fair custody and visitation arrangement regarding your kids. Also, we will get for you a fair division of the marital property. Our Family Law team is led by Robert Bowman himself, an experienced and aggressive lawyer. Mr. Bowman will fight for your rights as a parent. Also on our team is Kara Keister, an aggressive advocate. We offer a free consultation and reasonable rates for you during this difficult time.

Sacramento Child Custody Attorney

Your children are our first priority! At the Sacramento Family Law Office of Bowman and Associates, APC, we work with you to protect them and to ensure that their needs remain at the forefront of your Northern California child custody case.

Legal custody of a child is the right and obligation to make decisions about a child’s upbringing. Decisions regarding schooling, and medical and dental care, for example, are made by a parent with legal custody. In California, an award of joint legal custody is presumed, which means that the decision making is shared. If you share joint legal custody with the other parent and exclude him or her from the decision-making process, the other parent can take you back to court and ask the judge to enforce the original custody agreement. Although you probably will not be sanctioned (fined) or go to jail, it will most probably be embarrassing and cause more friction between the two of you — and it may harm the children… < Read More >

Sacramento Child Support Attorney

At the Sacramento Law Office of Bowman and Associates, APC., we help minimize the emotion and worry many parents have about child support agreements and orders. We help our clients understand the reasons behind the child support laws, and how courts try their best to be equitable.

We know that child support levels affect both parties’ finances.

We make sure your child’s best interests are the focus of child support determinations.

If you are concerned about child support issues in your pending divorce, or if you need to modify your current support levels, contact an experienced Sacramento Child Support Lawyer at The Law Offices of Bowman and Associates, APC. We understand that divorce often means financial concerns for both parties. We’ll help you through it, one step at a time, and every step of the way… < Read More >

Sacramento Dissolution Attorney

Family law challenges like property division and determination of spousal support provide their own special emotional moments for a couple mired in a difficult divorce action. At The Law Office of Bowman and Associates, APC, we help you approach the business side of divorce in a businesslike and non-confrontational manner wherever possible. Our marital dissolution lawyers’ goal is to focus on the key issues to be resolved, to keep the personalities out of the process, and to try to assist clients in not allowing the divorce to take on a life of its own.

Even when both parties and their legal representatives are working together, the complexities of fairly dividing assets can seem overwhelming. When tensions are running high, as is an unfortunate consequence of a divorce, our goal is to bring objective skills to the task of appropriately deciding who gets what in accordance with the law, and always with a sensitivity to the impact these decisions have on a client… < Read More >

Sacramento Divorce Attorney

Divorce is one aspect of family law where almost everyone needs a family law attorney. Very few people ever “want” a divorce, although that’s often what is said by one spouse to the other. Circumstances may make a person feel they have little choice but to obtain a divorce if they want to change their life or the lives of their children for the better. Consultation with a Sacramento Divorce Lawyer can help you decide whether or not divorce is the best decision for your family.

Divorce affects over half of American families, and the statistic may be higher if you include the blended families which often exist because of a prior divorce in subsequent relationships or marriages. Divorce is a family law reality that must be faced when a relationship is no longer sustainable due to conflicts of personalities, financial problems, marital fidelity issues, health and/or substance abuse problems, or value differences between parents where children are concerned… < Read More >

Sacramento Prenuptial Agreements Attorney

Although previously considered with much controversy, prenuptial agreements (often referred to as “prenup” agreements) are becoming more commonplace in California. They offer couples who are getting married the security of an agreement regarding such topics as child custody, spousal support and property distribution in the case of divorce or the death of one spouse.

A California family law attorney can help you create a prenuptial agreement if this is something you are considering. You will find that an attorney’s advice and input on this matter will allow you to fully cover all bases and create a prenuptial agreement that will be best for you and your future spouse… < Read More >

Sacramento Legal Separation Attorney

For some couples, filing for legal separation instead of divorce is the preferred option. Unlike a divorce, a legal separation does not end the marriage. It does, however, allow a husband and wife to legally separate and settle certain matters, such as child custody, child support, spousal support, child visitation, and division of property issues, as if they were getting a divorce. The Law Office of Bowman and Associates, APC., will work with you to make decisions that will allow you to feel satisfied with the terms of your separation agreement.

There are many reasons why spouses want to legally separate but not get divorced—religion being one of them. Maintaining medical insurance eligibility and staying within a specific tax bracket are other reasons. A couple may also want to try a “temporary” separation while they are considering ending their marriage permanently. Rather than a mere verbal agreement between the married couple, a legal separation helps to ensure that your finances and liabilities remain separate in the eyes of the law. A husband and wife that are legally separated cannot marry other people because they are still married to each other. A legal separation can always be converted into a divorce later on. It can also be reversed… < Read More >

Sacramento Spousal Support Attorney

Alimony awards are based upon many different variables:

• The receiving spouse’s education, health, work history, and earning potential
• The length of the marriage
• The paying spouse’s income, earning potential, and health
• The existence and enforceability of a prenuptial agreement
• The marital standard of living

In California, there are two basic types of spousal support:

Temporary Spousal Support: can be obtained by a spouse who needs financial assistance while the divorce is still pending. Essentially, it is based on the need of one party balanced against the other party’s ability to pay. This calculation is accomplished by using a statewide, judicially-recognized guideline… < Read More >