Dependency law is a branch of family law that governs the protection of children when they are in a harmful situation. At Downer Law, our goal is to ensure the safety and well-being of children in need of, or involved in the dependency court process. We aggressively advocate for children by representing relatives and other persons that wish to obtain temporary or permanent custody or visitation rights of children. We offer dependency law services to terminate parental rights and to represent grandparents, foster parents, adoptions from foster care, and permanent guardianships.