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Posts

• 101 Use of Experts for Family Law Cases (0)
• A Criminal Conviction Can Cause Serious Immigration Consequences (0)
• A Criminal Conviction Can Cause Serious Immigration Consequences: Criminal Deportation Defense (0)
• A Synopsis Of What Happens When A Person Is Charged With A Crime (0)
• Abuse and neglect: information for parents (0)
• Administrative Hearings (Part 1) (0)
• Administrative Hearings (Part 1) (0)
• Administrative Hearings for Revocation of Professional Licenses (0)
• Administrative Hearings Involving Your Professional Licenses (Part 2) (0)
• After an Arrest, Call a Criminal Defense Attorney (0)
• Alternative Sentencing: “Avoiding Jail” (0)
• Animal Cruelty (0)
• Animal Cruelty is Now a Felony in All 50 States (0)
• Appealing a Citizenship Denial (0)
• Appealing a Criminal Conviction (0)
• Appealing a Criminal Conviction (0)
• Appearing In Court Without An Attorney (Part 1) (0)
• April is Child Abuse Prevention Month (0)
• April is Child Abuse Prevention Month (0)
• April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month (0)
• Are all communications with your attorney privileged? (0)
• Are you eligible for a Certificate of Rehabilitation or a Governor’s Pardon? (0)
• Assembly Bill 2124: Deferral of sentencing on misdemeanor offenses (0)
• Attacking Premarital Agreements (0)
• Attacking Premarital Agreements (0)
• Attorney Carina Castaneda Provides Finality to a Client After Five Years of Waiting for Results (0)
• Attorney Carina Castañeda Successfully Defends Her Client Against 81 Counts of Criminal Contempt of Violation of Visitation Orders (0)
• Attorney Castaneda wins in trial by proving that the Post-Nuptial Agreement (Agreement) is invalid (0)
• Attorney-Client Privilege (0)
• Attorney’s Fees in Family Law (0)
• Attorney’s Fees in Family Law (0)
• Atty. Castaneda Won a Dismissal for Her Client on All 10 Counts of Family Law Contempt Charges on July 9, 2015 (0)
• Automatic Temporary Restraining Order (0)
• Bad check criminal charges in Vegas (0)
• Bail (0)
• Bail Reform Bill (0)
• Be Careful Before You Record Private Calls (0)
• Being a Suspect of a Crime (0)
• Beware of Charity Scams in Wake of Typhoon Haiyan (0)
• California Evidence Code Section 730 (0)
• California Murder Laws (0)
• California’s Megan’s Law (0)
• Calling The Police (0)
• Can a Judge Reconsider a Prior Order? (0)
• Can I Get An Annulment? (0)
• Can I Get an Annulment? (0)
• Can You “Erase” My Criminal Convictions? (0)
• Changes in Spousal Support as of January 1, 2019 (0)
• Child Abduction – Violation of Custody or Visitation Right (0)
• Child Abuse and Neglect (Part 2) (0)
• Child Custody (0)
• Child Custody (0)
• Child Custody & Visitation Basics (0)
• Child Custody Issues in the Schools (0)
• Child Support (0)
• Child Support and Military Service Members (0)
• Child Support and the Case of Launa Morton v. David Morton (September 26, 2018) (0)
• Child Support Arrears (0)
• Child Support Debt Program (0)
• Child Support Enforcement of Foreign or Interstate Orders (0)
• Child Support Enforcement—Interstate Matters (0)
• Child Visitation Law (0)
• Child Visitation Law (0)
• Children Testimony in Family Court Proceedings (0)
• Clean up your record (0)
• Community Property Issue of Transmutation (0)
• Contempt of court (0)
• Contempt of Court (0)
• Corporal Injury on a Spouse, Cohabitant or Fellow Parent (0)
• Crime of Extortion & Blackmail (0)
• Crimes Against Elder Or Dependent Adults (0)
• Crimes Against Elder or Dependent Adults (0)
• Criminal Penalties for Failure to Pay Child Support (0)
• Criminal Protective Order and Civil Retraining Orders Part 2 (0)
• Criminal Protective Orders and Civil Restraining Orders Part 1 (0)
• Custody and Child Support for Unmarried Parents (0)
• Custody Move Away Orders (0)
• D.U.I. Checkpoints (0)
• D.U.I. Checkpoints (0)
• D.U.I. Checkpoints: It is that Time of the Year Again (0)
• D.U.I. and Sobriety Checkpoints (0)
• D.U.I. and Sobriety Checkpoints (0)
• D.U.I. and Sobriety Checkpoints (0)
• D.U.I. and Sobriety Checkpoints (0)
• D.U.I. Checkpoints (0)
• D.U.I. Checkpoints (0)
• DEFAULT JUDGMENTS –Trial Courts Must Carefully Examine Petitioner’s Complaint (0)
• Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) Hearing for a DUI (0)
• Did the Supreme Court turn Miranda upside down? (0)
• Disparity and Ability to Pay Attorney Fees after the Morton Case (0)
• Divorce Trial (0)
• Divorce, Life Insurance, and Non-Probate Transfer Assets (0)
• Do I Have To Pay Spousal Support If I Am Retired? (0)
• Domestic Violence (DV) Protective Orders to Include Companion Animals (0)
• Domestic Violence and Gun Rights (0)
• Domestic Violence and Spousal Support (0)
• Domestic Violence in Family Court (0)
• Domestic Violence in Family Court (0)
• Domestic Violence Prevention Act (DVPA) (0)
• Dr. Noel Chua: The Right To A Speedy Trial (0)
• Drugs: Prison or Second Chance (0)
• DUI and Possession of Alcohol in a Vehicle for Individuals Under 21 Years Old (0)
• DUI and Refusing to Take A Chemical Test and Field Sobriety Test (0)
• DUI and the DMV (0)
• DUI Causing Injury (0)
• DUI Means Drugs (including prescription drugs) and Alcohol (0)
• Early Termination of Probation (0)
• Effective Immediately, California Takes Steps To Check Nurses’ Criminal Backgrounds (Part 1) (0)
• Embezzlement (0)
• Embezzlement & Tips In Protecting Your Business Against This Crime (Part Two) (0)
• Employee rights (0)
• Enforcing a Child Spousal Court Order (0)
• Enforcing a valid court order (0)
• Enforcing Child and Spousal Support Orders (0)
• Environmental Crimes (0)
• Ex Parte Hearing without Notice (0)
• Expungement and Employment (0)
• Expungement and Sealing of Marijuana Offenses (0)
• Expunging My Criminal Convictions? (0)
• Family Code 2030 Brings Fairness to California Divorces (0)
• Family law (child support and spousal support) (0)
• Family law (custody and property division) (0)
• Family Law in a Nutshell (0)
• Family Law Vexatious Litigant (0)
• Felony Expungement Part Two (0)
• Felony Reduction Part I (0)
• Fiduciary Duties Are Triggered Once Married (0)
• Fiduciary Duties of Disclosure in Family Law Cases (0)
• Fiduciary Duties of Disclosure in Family Law Cases (0)
• Filing A Complaint Of Police Misconduct (0)
• Filing False Government Documents (0)
• Filipino Priest Charged In An Embezzlement Scheme (0)
• Fill Out Your FL-150 (Income and Expense (I&E) Declarations) Accurately (0)
• Firearms Prohibition and Right to Hearing for 5150 Individuals (0)
• Firearms Prohibition and Right to Hearing for 5150 Individuals (0)
• Fireworks: Are They Legal? (0)
• Fourth Amendment Right Against Unreasonable Search and Seizure (0)
• Genetic Testing to Establish Paternity for Child Support (0)
• Get Your Felony Reduced To a Misdemeanor before Expunging Your Case (0)
• Getting Child Support From Outside the Country or Vice Versa (0)
• Getting Credits or Reimbursements in a Divorce Case (0)
• Getting Out of Child Support Debt (0)
• Getting Out of Child Support Debt (0)
• Getting Your Bail Reduced (0)
• Going Through a Divorce without an Attorney (0)
• Going Through a Divorce without an Attorney (0)
• Good News for a Client: Early Termination of Probation and “Expungement” of Her First DUI Conviction (0)
• Good news for many: REDUCTION OF PROBATION (0)
• Grandparent’s Rights to Visitation (0)
• Hate Crimes and the Ongoing Work to Prosecute Those that Commit Them (0)
• Hiring an Attorney (0)
• Hiring The “Right” Attorney (0)
• Hit and Run (Rights and Responsibilities) (0)
• Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act (HCSCPA) and Criminal Background Check (0)
• How A Criminal Domestic Violence Case Impacts Child Custody/Visitation in Family Court (0)
• How A Criminal Domestic Violence Case Impacts Child Custody/Visitation in Family court (0)
• How A Criminal Domestic Violence Case Impacts Child Custody/Visitation in Family Court (0)
• How does the Padilla vs. Kentucky case affect me? (Part 2) (0)
• How to Get Out of Child Support Debt? (0)
• How You Can Get Your Criminal Case Dismissed (0)
• I have been arrested, now what? (0)
• I have been arrested, what do I do? (0)
• I Need an Attorney in My Divorce, but I Cannot Afford One (0)
• Idaho senator Larry Craig wants to withdraw his guilty plea and the burden of proof that will be required (0)
• Immigration consequences of a criminal conviction (0)
• Immigration Consequences of a Guilty Plea (0)
• Initial Custody Order and Some Collateral Issues (0)
• International Child Support Enforcement (0)
• International Child Support Enforcement (0)
• Joinder of Parties Claiming Interest (0)
• Know The Immigration Consequences Before You Plead Guilty To A Criminal Charge (0)
• Know Your Rights When The Police Stops You: Consensual Encounter; Detention And Pat Down Weapon Searches (0)
• Know Your “Miranda” Rights And How To Use Them (0)
• Lawyers must tell immigrant clients of deportation risk (Part 1) (0)
• Legal “Niceties” in Divorce (0)
• Licensing Board Revoking Your Professional License (0)
• Love, money and attorneys (0)
• Marijuana is now legal but it does not change some criminal laws (0)
• Medicare Fraud (0)
• Michael Jackson’s case at the preliminary hearing stage (0)
• Miranda Rights (0)
• Modification of Child Custody or Visitation Orders (0)
• Modification of Child Custody or Visitation Orders (0)
• Modifying Spousal Support (SS) (0)
• Modifying Your Child Support (0)
• Motion for Bifurcation (Getting Divorced Sooner) (0)
• Move Out Order (0)
• New Beginnings: Happy New Year (0)
• Nurses Expunge Criminal Records to Meet More Stringent Licensing Standards (0)
• Nursing Board hearings (Part 1) (0)
• Nursing Board hearings (Part 2) (0)
• Obtaining Relief from Lifetime Sex Registration (0)
• October is Anti-bullying Month (0)
• October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (0)
• Parent’s Rights in Juvenile Cases (0)
• Paris Hilton: “The Fairness Or Unfairness Of It All” (0)
• Passport Denial Program Due to Outstanding Arrears (0)
• Penal Code 290 Registration and SB 384 (0)
• Permanent Restraining Order denied against Los Angeles Dodger Pitcher, Trevor Bauer (0)
• Plea Bargains in DUI Cases (0)
• Plea Bargains in DUI Cases (0)
• Pre-filing Legal Representation (0)
• Preparing for Immigration Reform (0)
• PRESS RELEASE (0)
• PRESS RELEASE: According to her client, “HIRING HER WAS ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS I’VE EVER MADE.” (0)
• PRESS RELEASE: Atty. Castañeda Concluded a Three-Week Trial and Successfully Argued for Her Client, Among Other Things, Attorney Fees and Sanctions (0)
• PRESS RELEASE: Atty. Castañeda had represented one of the defendants in a multi-defendant real estate fraud case and was able to get 24 counts dismissed against him. (0)
• PRESS RELEASE: Atty. Castañeda successfully obtains for her client a 3 years state prison sentence reduced nunc pro tunc to 364 days of county jail. (0)
• PRESS RELEASE: Law Offices of Carina Castañeda Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary (0)
• Probation is a serious matter —just ask Lindsay Lohan (0)
• Prostitution, Police Stings And Spitzer (0)
• Protective or Restraining Orders (0)
• Protective Orders for Trade Secrets (0)
• Reconsideration of a Court or Administrative Board Decision (0)
• Reducing a Felony Charge to Misdemeanor (0)
• Reduction of Child Support Arrears Owed to the Government (0)
• Reimbursements in a Divorce Case (0)
• Renewal of Restraining Orders (0)
• Request for Temporary Emergency (EX PARTE) Orders (0)
• Requesting Attorney Fees (0)
• Requesting for Attorney’s Fees in a Family Law Case (0)
• Rules of the Road for Minors (0)
• Safeguarding Your Money if You Anticipate a Bitter Divorce (0)
• Safeguarding Your Money if You Anticipate a Bitter Divorce (0)
• Sealing Arrest Record (0)
• Sealing Juvenile Records (0)
• Setting Aside Paternity (0)
• Setting Aside Paternity (0)
• Sex Offender Registration Act (0)
• Sex Registration: the Law, Termination of Registration and Megan’s Law (0)
• Shoplifting and its Impact on Employment (0)
• Should The Defendant In A Criminal Case Testify? (0)
• Should you hire an attorney? (0)
• Splitting the Retirement Accounts During a Divorce (0)
• Spousal Support for “Long Term Marriages” (0)
• Spousal Support Forever (0)
• Spousal Support When You Are Over 65 (0)
• Super Bowl – domestic violence myth persists (0)
• Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to San Francisco Gun Regulation (0)
• The 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment (0)
• The Burden of Overcoming Domestic Violence Restraining Orders in Family Law Court (0)
• The Domestic Violence Allegations Surrounding Johnny Depp and its Impact, if any on the Divorce Proceedings (0)
• The Impact Of Your Juvenile Crime (0)
• The Intersection of Family and Criminal Law (0)
• The Intersection of Family and Criminal Law (0)
• The Juvenile System (Part Three) (0)
• The Juvenile System (Part Two) (0)
• The realities of filing your own modification for child support (0)
• The Realities of Filing Your Own Modification for Child Support (0)
• The Right to an Impartial and Qualified Language Interpreter (0)
• The Tough Battle Of Legally Proving Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel (0)
• The U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide When Police Can Act on an Anonymous Tip (0)
• The “Nuts and Bolts” of Child Support Arrears (0)
• The “Nuts and Bolts” of Driving Under the Influence (“D.U.I.”) (0)
• Tiger and the power of remaining silent (0)
• To Plead Guilty or Go to Trial (0)
• To prove DUI, they must prove…driving (0)
• Traffic tickets: Do not ignore them (0)
• U.S. Supreme Court: Search Warrant Needed to Search Cell Phones (0)
• Use Your Right to Remain Silent (0)
• Use Your Right to Remain Silent (0)
• Victim Impact Statements (0)
• Victim of a Crime (0)
• Violating a Protective or Restraining Order is a Crime (0)
• Violating a Protective or Restraining Order Is a Crime (0)
• Visitation Orders Enforceable by Contempt in Divorce Proceedings (0)
• Waiver of “Non-aid” Child Support Arrears (0)
• What are My Fiduciary Duties if I Am Involved Romantically with Someone? (0)
• What are My Fiduciary Duties to My Spouse or My “Partner”? (0)
• What Exactly Will Brad and Angelina be Fighting About? (0)
• What Happens If You Violate Your Probation? (0)
• What happens when a juvenile is arrested (0)
• What is a Child Custody Evaluation? (0)
• What is an Ex Parte Application in Family Law? (0)
• What is Family Court Services Mediation? (0)
• What is Family Court Services Mediation? (Conciliation Court) (0)
• What is the Burden of Proof for Restraining Orders? (0)
• What to Do If Your Child is Arrested? (0)
• What You Need to Know About Bail (0)
• Who Can Stay in the House During a Divorce? (0)
• Who Moves Out of the Family Home During a Divorce? (0)
• Who Owns the Client File? (0)
• Why Do I Have to Deal with the DMW for a DUI Arrest? (0)
• Why is it So Hard for Men to Get Spousal Support? (0)
• Why is the Date of Separation Critical in a Divorce Case? (0)
• Winning Trial Attorney Carina Castañeda, Criminal Law and Family Law (0)
• Wishing you a Peaceful and Joyous Holiday Season (0)
• You Have a Judgment—Now What? (0)
• Your Criminal Case Will Impact Your Family Law Case (0)
• Your Rights To Have An Accurate Credit Report (0)
• ‘Lawyering up’ to fight the debt collectors (0)
• “Ban the Box” Initiatives (0)
• “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign” (0)
• “Erasing” Your Criminal Record (0)
• “Tis the Season To Be Jolly” But Beware of Drinking and Driving (0)

Portfolios

• 0:00 / 5:27 Dr. Conrad Murray Trial with Atty. Carina Castaneda (0)
• Analysis of Casey Anthony Trial & Verdict (0)
• April is Child Abuse Awareness Month (0)
• Atty Carina Castañeda makes another guest appearance on “Kababayan LA” (0)
• Atty. Carina Castañeda Successfully Defends Her Client Against 81 Counts of Criminal Contempt of Violation of Visitation Orders (0)
• Atty. Carina Castañeda’s Linkedin profile is one of the top 1% most viewed for 2012 (0)
• Atty. Castañeda continues to clean up her client’s criminal records (0)
• Atty. Castaneda Expunges All 4 Prior Criminal Convictions for a Client (0)
• Atty. Castañeda negotiates a deal with the government resulting in the client’s two felony charges of transportation and sales of narcotics being dismissed (0)
• Atty. Castañeda obtained a dismissal for her client after prosecutors decided not to proceed with criminal threat charges. The client avoided removal/deportation proceedings from being initiated against him. (0)
• Atty. Castañeda reaches a settlement with two of the biggest mortgage companies for her client who is employed with a Fortune 100 company (0)
• Atty. Castañeda retained by a multinational corporation (0)
• Atty. Castaneda Successfully Argue That Her Client’s Criminal Court Records and Police Records be Sealed and Destroyed After Nearly Six Years From the Arrest and Conviction (0)
• Atty. Castañeda will be joining the Philippine News as a weekly legal columnist covering all aspects of criminal law and pertinent topics. (0)
• Atty. Castaneda Wins a Dismissal on 2 Counts of Felony Sales and Transportation of Narcotics, to Wit: Methamphetamine (0)
• Atty. Castañeda wins a motion to suppress all evidence based on illegal detention of her client. (0)
• Atty. Castaneda Wins a N-336 Appeal For Her Client Who Was Denied U.S. Citizenship (0)
• Atty. Castañeda wins a removal case against an individual who had a prior criminal sex offense conviction (0)
• Atty. Castaneda Won a Dismissal for Her Client on All 10 Counts of Family Law Contempt Charges on July 9, 2015 (0)
• Atty. Castañeda, after extensive negotiations with the prosecutors, obtained a dismissal of a client’s domestic violence case in Las Vegas. (0)
• Atty. Castañeda: Top 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the U.S. for 2009 (0)
• Bullying and Bully-cide (0)
• California SC reviewing conviction in Tempongko murder (0)
• Deferred Entry of Judgment (DEJ) & Prop. 36 (0)
• Domestic Violence & Its Legal Ramifications (0)
• Driving Under the Influence Procedures & Arrests (0)
• Expungement of Criminal Records (0)
• Family Law Questions Answered LIVE, Part I (0)
• Family Law Questions Answered LIVE, Part II (0)
• Family Law Questions Answered LIVE, Part III (0)
• Family Law Questions Answered LIVE, Part IV (0)
• Immigration and Criminal Defense (0)
• In-Depth Look into Michael Jackson & Lindsay Lohan Cases (0)
• New Office Announcement (0)
• Padilla vs Kentucky (0)
• The dependency court judge ordered the minor returned to her parents after strong evidence was provided by Atty. Castañeda that the parents were not responsible for the injuries sustained by the young child. (0)
• The Law Office of Carina Castañeda is a pro bono partner (0)
• The State Bar of California (0)
• Theft Crimes (0)
• Updates on Lindsay Lohan & Conrad Murray Trials (0)
• Verdict on Conrad Murray Trial, Part I (0)
• Verdict on Conrad Murray Trial, Part II (0)