Liliana S. Diaz
Email: Liliana.Diaz@grunskylaw.com
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Practice Areas:
Liliana S. Diaz, an associate attorney at the Grunsky Law Firm, represents clients in the following practice areas:
- Family law
- Restraining orders
- Step-parent adoptions
- Pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements
- Probate and estate litigation (specifically involving family law issues)
- Federal and state administrative tax appeals
Ms. Diaz's family law practice includes separation and dissolution proceedings, custody and visitation, child and spousal support, and restraining orders. As an attorney with one of the premier law firms on the Central California Coast, Ms. Diaz has access to a team of highly qualified legal professionals with the resources and skills to represent clients facing a myriad of family law concerns, including those involving probate, estate, or civil law issues.
Experience:
Ms. Diaz has wide ranging experience in family law. She has successfully helped many clients obtain child and spousal support orders. She frequently works with the Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) to assist custodial and non-custodial parents open a case with DCSS, to facilitate compliance with those orders. Ms. Diaz has also assisted clients with step-parent adoptions, including termination of parental rights and custody and visitation disputes. A step-parent adoption can be done by agreement of the biological parents and includes a visitation agreement that gives the biological parent visitation rights, if they consent to the step-parent adoption. In addition, she has extensive experience preparing and reviewing pre- and post-nuptial agreements.
In addition to her experience in family law, Ms. Diaz has represented clients in post-judgment modifications of orders and assisted with enforcement and collections of judgments. She has also successfully represented individuals before the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) and the State of California Franchise Tax Board in administrative appeal proceedings. She has also assisted nonprofit organizations in requests to obtain IRC 501(c)(3) tax exempt status.
Education:
Ms. Diaz received her Juris Doctorate from Santa Clara University School of Law in 2004 and a Masters in Taxation from San Jose State University. She earned a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Sociology, from the University of California, Davis in 2001.
Admissions:
Ms. Diaz is admitted to the California Bar and the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Community Activities and Affiliations:
Ms. Diaz is a member of the Santa Cruz County Bar Association and the Santa Cruz County Bar Association, Family Law Section. She serves on the Executive Committee of La Raza Lawyers of Monterey County and is a member of La Raza Lawyers of Santa Cruz County. She is also a Board Member of the Pajaro Valley Youth Soccer Club, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit soccer club she helped establish in the local community.
Ms. Diaz is also very passionate about assisting underrepresented members of the community in gaining access to legal representation. She volunteers at the Watsonville Law Center, where she heads clinics for low income community members with child custody and visitation issues.
