Welcome to Thomas D Nares, APC. A Professional Corporation - Family Law & Child Custody in Carlsbad, CA
Why choose our family law attorneys?
Fair solutions
With more than 35 years of experience, we are uniquely positioned to arrive at the best solutions for our clients, regardless of the size of their case.
Complete answers and explanations
During the entire legal process, we will always make sure to answer our clients’ questions or resolve their doubts. Being transparent and thoroughly explaining the legal process to our clients, we believe, is of the utmost importance.
Respectful treatment
Family law is an area of the law that can be very stressful. We encourage our clients to ask questions. We believe that there are no “dumb questions.” Taking our clients seriously and treating them with respect, is the hallmark of our practice.
Thomas D Nares, APC
Named “Top Lawyer” in the area of family law by Palm Springs Life magazine.
Mr. Nares has been in practice for more than 30 years. He started out practicing exclusively in the area of criminal defense. After 10 years, he included family law cases in his practice. He has tried over 100 cases before a jury in addition to many bench trials.
Our Areas of Practice
Child custody
There are two types of child custody in California: legal custody and physical custody. Legal custody refers to which parent will make important decisions about a child’s wellbeing, such as choosing his or her residence, health care provider, school and child care provider. Physical custody refers to which parent the child lives with most of the time.
Divorce
In California, as well as most states, divorce is “no fault.” Therefor, the object is to terminate the marital relationship while addressing the issues related to a divorce, such as, division of community property, allocation of community debts, issuing child support orders for the minor children and spousal support orders, if applicable.
Domestic violence
There are two types of Domestic Violence cases. There is criminal domestic violence, per Penal Code section 243(e)(1). There is also non-criminal domestic violence’ per Family Code section 6203 (The Domestic Violence Prevention Act.
Paternity actions
Where there are minor children and the parents are not legally married, the court must acquire jurisdiction so as to issue a paternity judgment for the purpose of formalizing the parents relationship to the minor child or children. Thereafter, the court will make orders for child support, custody and visitation.
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