Family
Apr. 1, 2020
Family law attorneys see increase in prenups, divorce filings and custody battles
“What do you do as a parent when the courts are not open?” said B. Robert Farzad, founding partner of Farzad & Ochoa Family Law Attorneys in Santa Ana. He said parents are “weaponizing the coronavirus” by keeping their children and not following court visitation orders.
Stay-at-home orders have intensified the work of family law offices as firms report prenups and divorce filings are stable or on the rise while child custody battles have become messier.
“In the short time since the virus has locked down society, it has emphatically shackled our justice system, reducing the flow of cases through our court system to merely a trickle,” said Ronald F. Brot, founding and senior partner at Brot Gross Fish...
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