Drafting California Marital Settlement Agreements Findings, property division, spousal support, child support and custody

Chia-Hui (Danielle) Sze | Walzer Melcher & Yoda LLP

Chia-Hui (Danielle) Sze joined Walzer Melcher & Yoda LLP after being admitted to the State Bar of California. Danielle focuses her practice on all aspects of family law, including dissolution of marriage, domestic violence matters, custody and visitation disputes, jurisdictional issues, international child custody, premarital agreements, and postnuptial agreements. She speaks Mandarin Chinese in addition to English and works to help clients overcome any language barriers.

Prior to her admission to the bar, Danielle gained knowledge and experience in family law. Danielle attended the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. During law school, Danielle volunteered for the Immigration Clinic (VAWA & U-Visa Project) of UCLA’s El Centro Legal Clinic. She interviewed victims of domestic violence or felonious assault to write declarations of their experiences for their immigration applications.

Danielle also has knowledge and experience of family law at the appellate level. She externed for Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil- Sakauye (ret.) of the California Supreme Court in law school. She later clerked for Associate Justice Melissa A. Long of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. While awaiting bar exam results, Danielle clerked for Walzer Melcher & Yoda.

Peter M. Walzer | Walzer Melcher & Yoda LLP

Peter M. Walzer is the founding partner of the Southern California law firm Walzer Melcher & Yoda LLP, a practice focused exclusively on family law with offices in Woodland Hills.

Peter handles multifaceted and contentious divorce cases. He skillfully negotiates marital agreements. His cases involve people with “out of the ordinary” personal and financial issues. Many of the matters that he handles involve cases where one of the parties lives in another state or country. His clients include entertainers, business owners, inventors, entrepreneurs, real estate investors, athletes, and financiers. Peter is an extraordinary leader. He served as president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (2018-2019), an organization consisting of 1600 preeminent family lawyers in the United States. He is the past chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Family Law Section, a past president of the Southern California Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and former chair of the executive committee of the State Bar Family Law Section.

Peter is the leading expert in his field. Peter has been a Certified Family Law Specialist for 34 years and is a former president of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists. He is a former member of the Council of the American Bar Association Family Law Section. Peter is a trailblazer. He was a member of the Elkins Family Law Task Force, a statewide panel which improved the efficiency and fairness of family law proceedings by recommending changes to legislation and court rules. Peter sets a standard of excellence. Peter was named Family Law Person of the Year in 2009 by the Southern California Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and Fellow of the Year by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in 2010.

He is listed in Best Lawyers in America and is AV rated by Martindale-Hubble. Peter received the Southwestern Law School Max A. Goodman Family Law Legacy Award on June 10, 2017. Super Lawyers ranked him as a Top 100 Southern California Lawyer in 2024. Chambers and Partners named him a “Leader in Their Field” and ranked him in Band 1 of their High Net Worth Guide for Family Law, since 2018. Peter’s articles have been featured in various publications, including Los Angeles Lawyer, ABA Family Advocate, California

I. Property Division | 1:00pm – 1:30pm

II. Spousal Support | 1:30pm – 2:00pm

Break | 2:00pm – 2:10pm

III. Child Custody/Child Support | 2:10pm – 2:40pm

IV. Miscellaneous Provisions | 2:40pm – 3:10pm