Charles Michael Oxton
Santa Barbara, CACharles "Chip" Oxton is a Santa Barbara attorney representing clients in all aspects of family law and civil litigation. Chip is a highly-skilled and respected legal advisor and litigator with nearly 40 years' experience practicing law in Santa Barbara. He has represented clients in a broad range of legal matters, including divorce and custody cases, personal injury and civil disputes, conservatorships and guardianships, wills and probate administration, real estate law, and landlord-tenant law. Legal disputes are often intense, emotionally-charged experiences for the parties involved. Chip's approach to practicing law involves providing clients with calm, reasoned advice in an environment devoted to constructive problem-solving. Chip combines a wealth of knowledge, experience, and litigation expertise with diligent and exhaustive preparation, to provide his clients with high quality legal representation.
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Landlord Tenant
- Evictions, Housing Discrimination, Landlord Rights, Rent Control, Tenants' Rights
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer - Arbitration/Mediation, Family - Arbitration/Mediation
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Elder Law
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Credit Cards Accepted
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Cash or Check Accepted for Consultation Fees
- California
- English: Spoken, Written
- Judicial Arbitrator
- Santa Barbara, CA
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- Judge Pro Tem
- Santa Barbara Superior Court
- - Current
- Member
- Santa Barbara County Bar Association
- - Current
- Lecturer
- University of California Extention
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- University of San Francisco School of Law
- J.D. (1972) | Law
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- University of California - Santa Barbara
- B.A. (1968) | Political Science
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- California State Bar  # 54267
- Member
- - Current
- Website
- Oxton Staab Gans Attorneys at Law