Divorce Video Center

Welcome to the Lowenstein Brown Video Center, where Michele S. Lowenstein and Elizabeth Brown discuss a wide range of topics relevant to family law, often of particular interest or concern to people facing the many facets of divorce or child custody. The Video Center will continue to expand, adding informative clips on a regular basis with the purpose of providing general knowledge to help viewers make better-informed judgments or formulate questions for their family law attorney.

If you have a specific request for coverage of a topic please let us know using our submittal form. If we feel that your request addresses a subject of general interest, we'll add the topic to our planned future releases. Thank you for visiting our presentation!

 

Introducing San Diego Attorneys Michele Sacks Lowenstein and Elizabeth M Brown. Michele Sacks Lowenstein is a Certified Family Law Specialist based in San Diego. She's a partner in Lowenstein Brown, a professional family law corporation, and has attained numerous honors, including being named a TOP San Diego lawyer in 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009 by the San Diego Daily Transcript, recognition as an AV® rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, and has been repeatedly selected as a Super Lawyer. She has been practicing family law in San Diego for over 28 years. Elizabeth Brown, attorney, specializes in family law as a partner in the Lowenstein Brown law firm. She has served as President of the Public Interest Law Foundation and volunteered in the Peace Corps as an advocate for youth.

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How do you want your children to remember your divorce? San Diego divorce attorney, Elizabeth Brown, talks about what parents can do during the divorce process to help their children succesfully cope with the divorce and its emotional, psychological, and circumstancial effects, emphasizing the importance of asking and answering your children's questions and trying to successfully co-parent with your soon to be ex-spouse.

What Does My Child Support Cover? San Diego divorce attorney, Elizabeth Brown, talks about what a child support order covers, such as whether your children's extra curricular activities or daycare are considered by the court to be part of their basic necessities and need to be included in the order or not.
For more on child support, such as California child support guidelines, please visit our YouTube channel for more videos on the subject or go to our website's support center at: http://www.lowensteinfamilylaw.com/California-Family-Supp...
Elizabeth Brown, attorney, specializes in family law as a partner in the Lowenstein Brown law firm. She has served as President of the Public Interest Law Foundation and volunteered in the Peace Corps as an advocate for youth. In addition to her successful representation of clients in traditional court, Elizabeth Brown also excels using alternative dispute resolution models such as four way meetings, the use of special masters, and private judging. For more information on the successes and qualifications of Elizabeth Brown, please visit http://www.lowensteinfamilylaw.com/Elizabeth-M-Brown.php

Prenuptial Agreements for registered domestic partnerhips. San Diego divorce lawyer Michele Sacks Lowenstein speaks about the often undiscussed gay issue of prenuptial agreements for registered partners. Lowenstein explains the benefits of drafting a prenup before same sex couples form registered domestic partnerships considering the lack of favorable tax treatment under federal law. The prenuptial agreement can serve not only to structure the distribution of assets upon divorce or death, but also as a smart tax planning move that ensures the tax consequences due to the missing favorable tax treatment are taken into account during the division of assets.