Vallerga & Vallerga in Belmont, California, is a divorce mediation and probate law firm, with one divorce attorney, David Vallerga, who handles exclusively Mediation and Collaborative Practice cases, and Leslie Vallerga, who handles Probate Law and related cases. Both are experienced lawyers who have long counseled clients throughout San Mateo County.

David has over 30 years of experience in family law, six of which include alternative dispute resolution. On January 1, 2005, he began focusing exclusively on Mediation and Collaborative Law cases, both of which are court recommended alternatives to a traditional adversarial dissolution of marriage. Both resolve the same issues, including child custody, child support, visitation, spousal support (alimony), marital community property division and may do so for significantly less time, cost and grief. They afford better alternatives to both partners and their children than traditional divorce approaches. Wouldn't you like to have a positive outcome for you and your partner, or children? That is one reason both our law firm and California courts recommend Mediation and Collaborative Law.

Leslie Vallerga is a probate lawyer who offers probate and estate planning services, including conservatorships, wills, trust administration, powers of attorney, and healthcare directives.

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Are you a San Mateo County couple thinking about the dissolution of your marriage, or terminating a domestic partnership? Do you both want out but worry about the usual divorce melodrama, including excessive length of time, costly attorney fees, and ultimate lack of control over a court decision that can potentially affect you for the rest of your lives? If so, Mediation, as offered through Vallerga & Vallerga in Belmont, California, may be the answer for you. A mediated divorce is a constructive alternative to the traditional divorce process that offers the same family law options, including child custody, child support, visitation, spousal support (alimony), and marital community property division, for significantly less time and money. The only difference is that one divorce attorney acts as a neutral party to facilitate an outcome satisfactory to you both!

If Mediation does not sound quite adequate for your situation, Vallerga & Vallerga also offers Collaborative Practice divorces, a similar process but where divorce lawyers represent both parties, together with a team of other dedicated professionals.

We have over 30 years of experience in family law; we are compassionate and understand the types of emotions that accompany divorce. We also refuse to watch our clients be hurt by the adversary aspects of litigation. That is the one reason we handle only Divorce Mediation and Collaborative Law. We have successfully represented hundreds of divorcing spouses and look forward to helping domestic partners in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Are you a San Francisco Bay Area resident who is contemplating divorce, or are dealing with a spouse who is? Or are you considering terminating a domestic partnership? Are you feeling overwhelmed by thoughts of lengthy court processes, legal fees, and lack of control over an outcome that can affect you for the rest of your life? If so, collaborative practice, as offered by Attorney David Vallerga, family law practitioner at Vallerga & Vallerga in Belmont, may be a reasonable alternative. Collaborative Practice offers all the remedies of traditional divorce dissolution of marriage, including child custody, child support, visitation, spousal support (alimony), and marital community property division, without the exorbitant time and attorney’s fees. Better yet, Collaborative Practice is actually a means recommended by California family law courts. The biggest difference from traditional divorce is that Collaborative practice is an outside process, similar to mediation, where both parties are represented by qualified collaborative law attorneys of their choosing. Both spouses sit down at a table, each with their own attorney, and work out a mutually beneficial settlement.

If Collaborative Practice is more than what is needed for your situation, Vallerga & Vallerga also offers divorce through Mediation, a similar process but which involves only one lawyer, who acts as a neutral third party who can assist the spouses or domestic partners through their dissolution of marriage.

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Leslie Vallerga, is a seasoned lawyer who exclusively handles probate, estate planning, trust administration, conservatorships, wills, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, and more. With 23 years of experience, Leslie is dedicated to the needs of her clients. She has listened to and effectively served hundreds of clients with distinctly personal wishes and treated them with utmost importance.

We also handle all probate and estate-planning needs that arise in conjunction with Divorce Mediation and Collaborative Law cases handled by David Vallerga, the other half of our law firm. At Vallerga & Vallerga, we understand the specific needs and emotions that often accompany both probate and estate planning and divorce.

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