Gonzalez Ferrandez Law

10/21/2024

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01/16/2024

Philly Courts Closed 1/16/24

12/29/2023

This is an article about a lot of kids who are similar to the ones I work with related to the SIJ visa program. They come from primarily Guatemala and Honduras, (and now Venezuela and Ecuador), both desperately poor regions. A lot of the kids are coming to work, because there’s no one else to support them. The article documents that a good number of these kids are being released to parts of the country where we have a lot of meat production. This should not be happening, but basically these kids are winding up being the labor for our hamburgers and chicken sandwiches. The kids I work with here are primarily being released to parents or other close relatives and all are in school when I’m working with them. Although, I am aware that some of the kids I don’t represent are working in local warehouses packing or in construction. But nothing in this article surprises me - it just makes me sad. 😞

Data shows where a record number of unaccompanied children traveling to the U.S. from Central America and other countries have ended up.

11/30/2023

Cena en Bensalem en la iglesia Fátima.

¡Por favor, únase a nosotros para nuestra cena de Navidad de la comunidad! ¡Todos son bienvenidos y es GRATIS! 16 de diciembre a las 5pm.

11/03/2023

I was so honored tonight to be chosen as one of the White Hat recipients by the Legal Clinic for the Disabled (LCD) in Philadelphia. I was appointed by the Family Court to serve as a guardian ad litem for a disabled woman who mistakenly signed irrevocable adoption papers shortly after giving birth. Fellow Family Law attorney Jim Rocco has served as my lawyer through the LCD on behalf of the disabled mom. After 10 hearings over the past year the case is on appeal in New Jersey. We hope the outcome will result in greater protections for mentally ill mothers throughout the area. LCD honored us tonight at their Fall fundraising event. It was a lovely evening and I was so happy my family (not pictured) was there with me. Please consider making a donation to the LCD which provides free legal services to low-income disabled Philadelphians. https://us.givergy.com/LCD23/?controller=pledges&category=All%20Pledges

09/18/2023

For those of you who may not know, this is Hispanic Heritage Month!! Hispanics are of all races and religions with a wide variety of cultures, cuisines and customs in the US, Caribbean, Central and South America. Many different Hispanics live here in Bensalem. Learn something new about Hispanics this month!

07/22/2023

My lovely client brought these to me yesterday to thank me for my work with her family. It’s so nice to feel like you’ve made a difference. ❤️

03/17/2022

Sometimes we all wonder what our purpose is and whether we are doing the right thing. Today I was in Court with a relatively ordinary custody case, representing a mother of a two year old little boy. I am her third lawyer and for her nothing has been ordinary about this process. This evening she sent me a message that really resonated.

“Stephanie, I just want to say thank you for today. I know it was a very delicate and difficult situation to deal with. What my sister was saying [to you when we were leaving the Courtroom] is that last night we were praying and she asked God to make you an Esther in front of the judge - giving you wisdom, favor and knowledge. We prayed that the angels of God would be in that room on your side, on the side of that judge. Our battles are not against blood or flesh but against principalities and powers. May the favor of God be upon you and may you come to do justice and help many other mothers with their children.”

I have spent most of my career trying to be an instrument under His auspices to help mothers and their children find justice. Some days I guess the small things to me feel like justice to them. 

10/10/2021

10/04/2021

Judge Younge received a six month suspension for her egregious conduct in Philadelphia Family Court!

"Never in a million years did I think our justice system was like this," one mother said. "Never did I think that judges were doing this and getting away with it."