Service Area · Riverside County

Temecula attorney for the moments that threaten your family

Temecula Valley wine country and master-planned neighborhoods like Meadowview and De Luz define this growing, affluent Southwest Riverside community. A child-welfare investigation, a criminal charge, or a serious accident rarely stays contained to a single courtroom — and the consequences reach custody, reputation, and livelihood. We serve Temecula and Riverside County from our Beverly Hills office.

Where Temecula cases are heard

Riverside County has its own agency and courts

Child-welfare matters in Temecula are handled by the county Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) — not the agency you may know from another county. Juvenile dependency cases are heard at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta, which serves southwestern Riverside County. Knowing how DPSS builds a detention report, and how the County Counsel who represents it argues a case, is specific to Riverside County practice, and it matters from the first contact.

Criminal matters arising in Temecula are prosecuted through the Riverside County District Attorney in the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside. Coordinating a criminal defense with any parallel DPSS matter is often what protects a parent's custody, not just their record.