Family Law

• Divorce
  Coco Brown is a William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa graduate as of May of 2023. She is the newest associate at the firm, joining the Litigation Team as a summer intern in 2022. Her interest in family law stems from her desire to assist individuals in minimizing the emotional toll that contested divorce and custody battles can have on families. Her areas of interest are paternity, custody and relocation cases.
• Child Support
• Child Custody and Visitation
  A Best Interest Fact Finder (non-mental health professional), can be appointed in place of a CE if “The parties stipulate to a person who does not qualify as a child custody evaluator under subsection (a) and the court approves that person as a fact-finding investigator to the court.” [§571-46.4(b)]. In other words, a BIFF can only be appointed if both parties agree to the appointment. If you want the BIFF to make custody recommendations, you must specify it in the court order.
• Adoption
• Paternity
• Guardianship
• Spousal Support
• Child Abuse
  Child Law section who have received extensive training in custody issues such as child-development, relocation, child-focused parenting plans, child abuse, addiction, and mental health.

Criminal Law

• Restraining Order