Stephanie A. Gonzalez Ferrandez - a Bensalem, PA Child Custody (including Relocation, Hague Abduction and Grandparents’ Rights) Lawyer

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Bensalem Child Custody (including Relocation, Hague Abduction and Grandparents’ Rights) Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Child Custody (including Relocation, Hague Abduction and Grandparents’ Rights)
Support and Paternity (including Spousal Support)
Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements (including for foreign nationals)
Validity of Marriage (Domestic and Foreign)
Separation Advice
Divorce (including Equitable Distribution, Alimony and Special Relief)
Family Law for Immigration
Appellate Cases
Expert Witness & Testimony
Protection From Abuse & Dependency Cases (limited casework)

Litigation: 100%

Attorney Information

Overview

Gonzalez Ferrandez Law is ready to tackle any family law problem with experience, intelligence, and sensitivity.

Stephanie A. Gonzalez F. has practiced exclusively in the area of family law since graduating from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law more than 25 years ago. Ms. Gonzalez is a litigator who has tried difficult cases in Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery and Delaware Counties, but is also a negotiator who is skilled at bringing about peaceful agreements for separating families. Throughout her career, Ms. Gonzalez has handled all types of family law cases, including child custody, paternity, support, divorce, pre and post-nuptial agreements, kinship adoptions, grandparents rights, dependency and domestic violence. Ms. Gonzalez particularly enjoys working on cases with an international component and over her career has assisted clients from or residing in more than 45 different countries around the globe. This experience has spanned all types of cases from recovering a dowry paid in a traditional Indian marriage, protecting a teen bride from Mali, setting the support obligations of a businessman working in the Middle East, and litigating federal child abduction cases under the Hague Treaty. She has extensive experience in family law work related to immigration matters and assisting immigrant teens from Central America, the Caribbean, South America and Asia. She has successful appellate experience and has served as an expert witness.

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

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Honors

HIAS & Migration Council of PA "Immigrant Youth Hero Award" - 2016
First Judicial District Pro Bono Award - 2012

Other Sources of Feedback About Stephanie A. Gonzalez Ferrandez

Included on the 2026Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2025 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2024 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2022 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2021 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2020 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Juris Doctor
Non Legal Education
- Swarthmore College, Bachelor of Arts with Honors in the Social Sciences

Current Employment Position(s)

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Past Positions

Berner, Klaw & Watson, LLP, Senior Attorney 2007-2014
Philadelphia Legal Assistance (PLA), Family Law Unit Supervisor 1997-2006 / Staff Attorney 1996-2006
Skadden Fellow at Community Legal Services (CLS & PLA), Attorney Fellow 1994-1996
Custody & Support Assistance Clinic (CASAC), Co-Founder 1992-1994 / Attorney Supervisor 1994-2006
Community Legal Services, PFA Coordinator 1992-1994 / Public Benefits & DV Paralegal 1989-1992

Languages

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English (Primary)
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Spanish
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Pro Bono Activities

Cases for immigrant teens in Family Court
Appointed by the Family Court as Guardian ad Litem for minors

Representative Cases

In re: Interest of CLP, No. 42 EDA 2015 (Pa. Super. Ct. Oct. 2, 2015)
H.Z.V. M.B., 204 A. 3d. 419 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2019)

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania, 1994
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1995
U.S. Supreme Court, 2014

Other Affiliations

Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
American Bar Association
Bucks County Bar Association
American Bar Foundation Fellow
Bucks County New Americans Commission (Member)
Custody and Support Assistance Clinic, Board Member and Founder
Domestic Relations Advisory Committee to the Joint State Government Commission

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Contact

Bensalem, PA

501 Cambria Ave
Suite 250
Bensalem, PA 19020 - 7213

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Phone: 215-583-2065

Email: Send a message

Website: https://www.gfamilylaw.com

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