Patricia Barberis

Since beginning her career as an attorney, Patricia Barberis has handled cases involving family law. Today, she provides this knowledge and experience to persons throughout Orange County and Los Angeles County in California. Patricia Barberis was a Registered Nurse prior to her entry into the field of law. Caring for her patients taught her to respect each person as individual, while advocating strongly for their rights.

Patricia Barberis provides counsel prior to a marriage by writing prenuptial agreements that follow all legal requirements. She advocates the use of a prenuptial agreement for any couple about to wed. These documents protect assets, investments, and inheritances for one party while functioning to safeguard one spouse against the debts of the other. They also protect both parties’ children from previous relationships.

When clients hire Patricia Barberis for this service, she compiles a full financial history and assists in obtaining the same information from each client’s partner. Additionally, she highly recommends that both parties retain counsel before entering into the process of designing a prenuptial agreement. She also develops post-nuptial agreements.

Paternity disputes are another matter handled by Patricia Barberis. Through the law firm, she helps both mothers and fathers answer questions about paternity by determining the actual father of a child through DNA testing. Men who doubt their status as a child’s biological father can visit Patricia Barberis to help establish paternity defenses. California law may deem a presumed father, such as a husband, to be the child’s actual father, so determining parentage quickly becomes a crucial aspect in many paternity suits. Additionally, Patricia Barberis helps create and modify child support orders and arranges visitations between parents and children.

In addition to these services, Patricia Barberis accepts clients seeking divorce, alimony, property separation, or restraining orders. A skilled litigator, she also provides expertise in mediation and settlement agreements.