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Contact Information
Gabrielle Tetreault
- Telephone
- 209-546-7411
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- FAX
- 209-546-7412
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- Current Postal address
- 42 N. Sutter Street, Suite 507, Stockton,
CA 95202
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- Electronic mail
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- Gabrielle Tetreault, Esq.: gabrielle@gatlaw.net
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- Ray Tetreault, Investigator: raytetreault@comcast.net
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- Tracie Lockie, Legal Assistant: lawoffi574@earthlink.net
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- Araceli Moya, Intern
- lawoffi576@earthlink.net
- Martha Klein, Intern
- lawoffi575@earthlink.net
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- Webmaster: gabrielle@gatlaw.net
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For a list of Rights afforded to FOSTER
CHILDREN in the state of California
Click
Here
Chart of the differences between Long Term
Foster Care - Guardianship - Adoption
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- Juvenile Dependency
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- The Juvenile Dependency Court t is a branch of the Superior Court which
hears cases involving neglected or abused children. Juvenile
Dependency is an area of law which involves children who are taken from
their parents because the parents are accused of not properly caring for
their children, or hurting their children in some way. In the
Juvenile Dependency court, I sometimes represent one of the parents, or
sometimes I represent the children. The first goal of the dependency
court is to preserve families by identifying the problems that have caused
the removal of the children and to offer the parents the education or
counseling necessary to get the children back in their home. If
it is not possible to return the children to the parents, the court seeks
out permanent home for the children through adoption, guardianship or long
term foster care with relatives or people qualified to accept children into
their homes.
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- Juvenile Delinquency
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- Click
here for a wonderful video that summarized juvenile delinquency hearings!
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There are many differences between juveniles who are prosecuted for
crimes and adults who are prosecuted for the same offenses. The most
notable difference is the type and length of sentence. Juveniles are
punished for only a fraction of the time associated with their adult counter
parts. Also, Juveniles Juvenile Records are confidential and
privileged (except for probation officers, law enforcement, court personnel,
the minor, and parents of the minor.) Records may be sealed five years or
more after juvenile court jurisdiction has ended, or after a person has
reached 18 years of age, whichever occurs first.
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- Criminal Law
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I represent adults and juveniles who have been charged with a crime in
San Joaquin County. Most all criminal case end up resolving in a plea
bargain. I have heard that only about 5% of the cases charged ever
actually go to trial. Thus, a good criminal defense attorney
must be a good negotiator, this is where my past business experience comes
in very handy. Of course, if your matter is one that must
proceed to trial, I will not shy away from a good fight, and I will do my
very best to get you a fair and just result.
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Criminal Appeals Summary
Once a conviction has occurred, a number of legal errors may have occurred,
and therefore can be attacked in the Appellate Courts. A successful appeal can
mean that evidence introduced at trial can be suppressed, a reduction in
sentence or other penalties, or the granting of a new trial. Appeals are based
upon the "record" in the case as it occurred in the trial court, and
(usually) no new evidence is presented to the Appellate Justices. Appeals tend
to be technical and time consuming, but can reap great rewards for those
erroneously convicted. California law allows the setting of bail while an appeal
is pending, so a person facing incarceration may be free while the appeal is
heard
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- Mental Health Representation
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- Information regarding Sexually Violent Predators and Other Proceedings
involving persons with mental illness.
Civil Mediation Program
We are in the midst of a litigation crisis. The high cost and
long delays associated with the trial of civil matters often make litigation an
impractical method of resolving disputes. It is not uncommon for the attorney's
fees, expert witness fees, jury fees, court reporter fees and other related
costs to exceed the amount in dispute. Parties increasingly find that they are
spending more to litigate than the cost to settle the matter. The increasing
number of lawsuits filed each year is indicative of the unwillingness or
inability of parties and their attorneys to effectively utilize negotiation to
resolve disputes. Because the current legal environment discourages the early
settlement of disputes, society is demanding a new approach for resolving
disputes more efficiently. That new approach is mediation.
Mediation may be thought of as "assisted negotiation."
Central to mediation is the concept of "informed consent."
So long as participants understand the nature of a contemplated mediation
process and effectively consent to participate in the described process,
virtually any mediation process is possible and appropriate.
Key Qualities of the Mediation Process
Voluntary - You can leave at any time for any reason,
or no reason.
Collaborative - You are encouraged to work together
to solve your problem(s) and to reach what you perceive to be your best
agreement.
Controlled - You have complete decision-making power
and a veto over each and every provision of any mediated agreement. Nothing can
be imposed on you.
Confidential - Mediation is confidential, to the
extent you desire and agree, be that by statute, contract, rules of evidence or
privilege. Mediation discussions and all materials developed for a mediation are
not admissible in any subsequent court or other contested proceeding, except for
a finalized and signed mediated agreement. Your mediator is obligated to
describe any exceptions to this general confidentiality of mediation.
Confidentiality in mediation may be waived in writing, although the mediator may
retain his or her own ability to refuse to testify in any contested case. The
extent of confidentiality for any "caucus meetings" (meetings between
the mediator and individual parties) should also be defined.
Informed - The mediation process offers a full
opportunity to obtain and incorporate legal and other expert information and
advice. Mutually acceptable experts can be retained. Such jointly obtained
expert information can be designated as either confidential to the mediation or,
as the parties desire, as admissible in any subsequent contested proceeding.
Expert advice is never determinative in mediation. The parties always retain
decision-making power. Mediators are bound to encourage parties to obtain legal
counsel and to advise them to have any mediated agreement involving legal issues
reviewed by independent legal counsel prior to signing. Whether legal advice is
sought is, ultimately, a decision of each mediation participant.
Impartial, Neutral, Balanced and Safe - The mediator
has an equal and balanced responsibility to assist each mediating party and
cannot favor the interests of any one party over another, nor should the
mediator favor a particular result in the mediation. Your mediator is ethically
obligated to acknowledge any substantive bias on substantive issues in
discussion. The mediator's role is to ensure that parties reach agreements in a
voluntarily and informed manner, and not as a result of coercion or
intimidation.
Self-Responsible and Satisfying - Based upon having
actively resolved your own conflict, participant satisfaction, likelihood of
compliance and self-esteem are found by research to be dramatically elevated
through mediation.
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