Established in 1988, Teresa Mendoza Burris, Attorney at Law in Chula Vista handles divorce, child custody, spousal support, and property-division cases from the Church Avenue office in the city's downtown civic district. The practice's dissolution caseload covers the full scope of California family-law disputes, and Burris coordinates complex filings alongside firms such as De Santis Law Center, APC when cases require multi-party representation or co-counsel arrangements. Burris also handles legal separations, paternity actions, Department of Child Support Services cases, guardianship petitions, and domestic-violence restraining orders across San Diego County. Contested custody proceedings frequently require therapeutic intervention reports, and the firm works with local counseling providers including South Bay Guidance Center to compile evidence for best-interest-of-the-child determinations. The practice's most demanding filings include contested property-division matters under California Family Code Sections 2550–2556, Ostler-Smith orders for bonus-income support calculations, and move-away custody modifications requiring detailed Declaration of Attachment analysis under Family Code Section 7501.