Mendes Law Named Best of the East Bay 2025 – Family Law Category

We’re proud to announce that Mendes Law has once again been named Best of the East Bay in the Family Law category by Diablo Magazine marking our second consecutive year receiving this distinguished honor. This recognition is especially meaningful because it reflects...

Bay Area Family Crisis Centers and Help Centers

Contra Costa County LRIS (Lawyer Referral Service) BayArea Crisis Nursery Domestic Violence Hotline Justice and Diversity Center in San Francisco Family Justice Center Lisa Janine MendesReviewsout of 5 reviews Walnut Creek Office 1990 N. California Blvd.Suite...

Divorce Alternative – Legal Separation

A legal separation won’t end a marriage or domestic partnership. Unlike divorce or dissolution, in cases of a legal separation, the marriage or domestic partnership remains unbroken, prohibiting the parties from remarriage or entering a new domestic partnership....

Divorce Alternative – Annulment

With an annulment, the court determines that a marriage or domestic partnership is not legally valid. Marriages or domestic partnerships that are incestuous or bigamous are never valid. Others can be declared “void” or “voidable” because on one of the following: of...

Adoptions by Same-Sex Married Persons

My daughter and her wife had the hardest time getting pregnant.  They went through 1 inseminations, none of which led to a viable pregnancy.  Then, they went through in vitro fertilization, daily shots that left excruciatingly painful marks, hormonal influxes to kill...