Middletown Family Lawyers

Emma is a native resident of California. She grew up in Aptos, California in Santa Cruz County. Growing up next to the beach instilled a love of the ocean and all the animals that live within. After living in California for her entire life, Emma moved to Eugene, Oregon to attend the University of Oregon for undergrad. Unsure of what she wanted to do next, Emma spent the next few years working as a supervisor at Starbucks and studying for the LSAT. Emma entered law school in 2020 and thought she wanted to get into environmental law. After graduating, Emma...

Daryl J. Lander has worked for over 25 years helping people to obtain the justice they deserve. His primary areas of practice are: Family, Criminal and Civil Law.

Nancy Mass is a Certified Specialist in Family Law and a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She has practiced family law exclusively since 2005. She is a Partner at Lakin Spears LLP, a boutique family law firm which represents clients in San Mateo, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties. Nancy handles all aspects of high-asset dissolutions, including those involving complex financial issues, property characterization, business valuation, child custody, child support, and spousal support, from the inception of a case through settlement or trial. Nancy also prepares prenuptial and postnuptial agreements and works with clients...

Originally from San Francisco, Ms. Wooley graduated with honors in the major from the University of California, at Santa Cruz, in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Legal Studies. Ms. Wooley received her Juris Doctorate from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 2007. While attending Hastings, Ms. Wooley served as a judicial extern in the Unified Family Court with Commissioner Marjorie A. Slabach. In her last year at Hastings, Ms. Wooley once again volunteered at the San Francisco Superior Court to assist Commissioner Sue Kaplan in reviewing and issuing temporary...

Elaine Van Beveren has been practicing family law since 1988. She is a Certified Specialist in Family Law as determined by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Her practice is 100% dedicated and exclusive in the area of family law. This includes all aspects of family law such as divorce, annulment, child custody, alimony, separation, marital settlement agreements, and related matters.

I am passionate about advocating for injured workers and specialize in helping clients navigate the complexities of the legal system in workers’ compensation, personal injury and family law matters. I am driven by a passion for justice and achieving the most favorable outcome for my clients while protecting their rights. I have extensive knowledge and experience representing public safety workers, including police, firefighters, corrections, probation and parole. While studying law at Lincoln Law School of Sacramento, I gained experience working in the Taxpayers’ Rights Advocate Office at the California State Board of Equalization, and successfully recovered a significant amount of...

I'm a family law attorney regularly practicing in the San Francisco Bay area in Marin, Sonoma, San Francisco, Napa and Contra Costa counties. In custody matters, I do interstate and international (Hague) cases. For more information about me and my practice, go to helzberglaw.com.

Experienced litigator in both Yuba and Sutter Counties practicing primarily in family and criminal courts.

Rani Sengottaiyan focuses her practice exclusively on family law matters and counsels clients through a host of issues including dissolution proceedings (divorce), legal separations, property division, paternity actions, and child custody and visitation. She also drafts marital settlement agreements for marriages, domestic partners, and same-sex couples. Ms. Sengottaiyan also handles spousal support (alimony) and child support and can assist you with modifications of orders. Ms. Sengottaiyan holds a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law and a B.A. in English Literature from the University of California at Berkeley. Ms. Sengottaiyan is a volunteer attorney for the Bar Association of...

I am a locally grown attorney deeply committed to serving the families of my Yuba-Sutter Community through my legal practice. Having lived in this community for nearly 34 years, I have raised my children in Sutter with my husband, who is a Yuba City native and a nurse at Rideout Hospital. While studying at the University of California, Davis School of Law, I interned at multiple law offices where I focused on family protection and preventing domestic violence. I was also a member of the UC Davis Family Protection Clinic. These experiences have molded me into a fierce advocate for my...

Ramon Montijo Jr. is a Bay Area native who has been practicing family law since 2008. Ramon has experience in every aspect of family law from initial orders through settlement or trial. He has assisted numerous clients with dissolution orders, paternity actions, high conflict custody and visitation matters, complex property division, spousal support, child support, restraining orders, and post-judgment modification requests. Ramon has successfully represented clients at settlement conferences, custody evaluations, and contested hearings and trials. He has participated in multiple-day trials on such issues as custody, property division, business valuation, and breach of fiduciary duty. Ramon has extensive experience with...

Jennifer Phillips is a Family Law Attorney with over 15 years of experience in family law, including the areas of divorce, property division, custody, child support and alimony. She knows the players in a family law action and the expectations of the court, which reduces stress throughout the legal process. When she first meets with clients, she takes the time to answer all of their questions, listen to their concerns and provide essential information about the process of divorce and family law proceedings.

I practiced law in Family courts for almost 40 years, but now I created a business for the purpose of providing effective help to people who file their own cases, and to do it at a reasonable cost. Help-U-File Family Law employs law students who are trained to address the family law issues that come up often, such as default or uncontested divorces, or custody and support requests. My associate attorney or I review cases as they come in, to ensure that we are on the right track, and review all finished work before it is sent out...