About Michelle L. Stowell, CFLS

• Represented the spouse of a high profile automobile dealership owner in a marital dissolution action involving a determination of the character of the dealership as well as other multi-million dollar businesses and breach of fiduciary duty issues.
• Represented a high profile former athlete in a marital dissolution case involving multi-million dollar property rights, property division issues and support determination.
• Represented French mother in child abduction matter under the Hague Convention resulting in the return of the child to the mother.
• Represented the owner of a law firm in a marital dissolution case involving contested child custody disputes, domestic violence, and support issues.
• Represented physician who owned several medical practices in marital dissolution matter involving issues related to valuation of medical practices, separate property reimbursement issues and support issues.
• Represented transgender father in a custody litigation proceeding involving a request by mother to relocate with their minor child to Austria.
• Represented a woman in a custody dispute who, as a minor, was taken to Mexico by an adult male and held against her will until she gave birth to a child in that country. Upon her return to the United States, the man who abducted her petitioned the court for unsupervised visits with their child. The court denied his request.
• Represented business professional in complex litigation including allegations of child abuse, misappropriation of community funds, support issues and determining the value of a business.
• Has successfully argued cases and motions before the Superior Courts of Sacramento, Butte, Calaveras, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Placer, Yolo, San Francisco, San Joaquin and Nevada Counties.
• Successfully argued that an out-of-state prenuptial agreement should be found valid in California.

Families for Early Autism Treatment (“FEAT”)

• Board of Directors (2006 – 2018)
• Regular participant, FEAT Walk Fundraiser
• Family Resources Meeting presenter on “Child Custody and the Special Needs Child”

Sacramento County Bar Association

• Co-Presenter, Preparing Your DV Case / Mock DV Trial,  Family Law Section MCLE, Domestic Violence Trial Advocacy Workshop, Nov. 2017

Sacramento County Public Law Library

• Co-Presenter, Valuation of Assets in a Divorce Proceeding, MCLE, Mar. 2018
• Co-Presenter, Relocation: Should I Stay or Can I Go?, MCLE, Apr. 2017; Feb. 2019
• Co-Presenter, Constructing a Workable Parenting Plan for Special Needs Children, MCLE, Sept. 2016