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Every legal matter deserves careful attention and a thoughtful strategy. Michael Benavides Legal takes the time to understand your situation, explain your options, and pursue the best possible outcome while protecting your rights every step of the way.

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Bankruptcy Law

Overwhelming debt doesn't have to define your future. Stunning Law helps individuals and families understand their Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy options while providing clear guidance toward a fresh financial start.

Real Estate Law

Real estate transactions and disputes require careful attention to detail. Stunning Law helps protect your investment by providing experienced legal counsel for purchases, sales, contracts, title issues, and property disputes.

Family Law

Family matters are deeply personal. Stunning Law provides compassionate yet effective representation for divorce, child custody, support, and other family law matters while helping you protect what matters most.

FROM THE BLOG

Latest Insights from Stunning Law

By Michael Benavides July 17, 2026
The DOJ sends the state a subsequent-arrest notice on anyone you've fingerprinted; a disqualifying record can rescind their clearance overnight, and the day it does, keeping them near clients becomes your violation.
By Michael Benavides July 17, 2026
Revocation runs through an accusation and an OAH hearing, but the door stays open only if you file a Notice of Defense within 15 days of service; miss it and you waive the hearing.
By Michael Benavides July 17, 2026
An exclusion order targets a named individual and bars them from every facility of that type statewide, and the appeal window is only 15 days; missing it can make the bar last for life.
By Michael Benavides July 17, 2026
A criminal-record clearance must precede work and is tied to a specific facility, not the person, so it must be transferred with form LIC 9182 to the same facility type.
By Michael Benavides July 17, 2026
The license is tied to the provider's own home, so you generally must actually reside where the care is given, not run it out of a second house.
By Michael Benavides July 17, 2026
An injury needing medical care means a same-day notice to the parent and a report to licensing, and not reporting it is its own violation that reads as concealment.
By Michael Benavides July 17, 2026
An accessible pool, a broken or missing gate latch, is an immediate-danger finding that can trigger a same-day Temporary Suspension Order under Health & Safety Code section 1596.886.
By Michael Benavides July 17, 2026
A small home tops out at eight children with no assistant; a large home reaches fourteen, but only if a qualified assistant is actually present that day.
By Michael Benavides July 17, 2026
In a licensed center it's one teacher to four infants and one to twelve preschoolers, and going over, even for a moment during a visit, is the citation inspectors write most.
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By Michael Benavides July 16, 2026
 Nonconsensual or faked intimate images are actionable in California — here's what to do.
By Michael Benavides July 16, 2026
 California just gave your period and reproductive apps real privacy protection.
By Michael Benavides July 16, 2026
 When the Ring camera still answers to your ex.
By Michael Benavides July 16, 2026
 Share someone's private photo without consent and you can be liable too.
By Michael Benavides July 16, 2026
 California just raised the price of a deepfake.
By Michael Benavides July 16, 2026
In California, the threat to release your images is itself a crime, before a single photo is ever posted.
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By Michael Benavides July 3, 2026
How California sets spousal support — the guideline formula vs. the long-term §4320 factors. Sacramento, Stockton & Modesto family law Q&A. Free consult 707-362-4166.
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By Michael Benavides June 19, 2026
Date of Separation, the Invisible Line That Splits Money. Michael Benavides, Esq., Sacramento Law Group & Arrasmith Law. Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa. 707-362-4166.
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