Yearly Archives: 2021
How to Prepare for Divorce: Organizing Information & Documents
The decision to divorce, and the process thereafter, is never easy. When you and your partner choose to divorce, the best way to…
How to Prepare for Divorce: Building Your Support Team
No matter the reason behind it, divorce can be a harrowing process. Between the emotional distress, the legal mess, and the financial stress,…
How Divorce Can Affect Your Business
Divorce can be challenging for any couple, no matter their circumstances. It can be particularly difficult if you own a business. Divorce…
How to Prepare for Your Child Custody Hearing
Going to a child custody hearing can be unsettling and downright frightening. If this is your first experience with something of this…
“Full Custody” & What That Means in a California Divorce
Many parents come into our law office with the request that they get “full custody” of their children in a divorce. In our…
Divorce Under 30: Helpful Tips & Insight
It might seem unusual to be divorced before you hit the big 3-0, but you’re not alone. While it’s true that Americans…
Southern CA Divorce: Who Gets What?
Who gets what? This is one of the most contested and complicated issues in any divorce. Whether you’re a typical working-class couple or have…
Parental Alienation in California: What It Is & How to Prove It
No parent wants to see their relationship with their children suddenly begin to dissolve—especially if it’s for no apparent reason. It may…
What Is The Average Length for a California Divorce?
How long will my divorce take? This is one of the most pressing questions for any person contemplating or currently going through a divorce.…
Court Reverses Reimbursements Based on Separate Property Expenses
In this case, the Third District partially reversed a Sacramento County family court’s judgment. In this marital dissolution proceeding, Martha J. Nevai…
Court Rules that Rejected Deed Made the Marital Home a Community Asset
In this case, the Fourth District affirmed a San Diego County family court’s determination that a wife had “rejected” an interspousal transfer…
Court Reconsiders Mother’s Argument for Beneficial Parental Relationship
In this case, the Sixth District reversed and remanded a Monterey County juvenile court’s order after a 366.26 hearing “with directions that…
Court Finds Forced Sale of House Unenforceable
In this quiet title action, the Second District affirmed a Los Angeles County trial court that held that a trust deed a…
Is Alimony for Life? California’s Fabled “10-Year Rule”
When it comes to divorce and alimony requirements, it’s often difficult to tell fact from fiction. You’ll receive information and guidance from friends, family, and co-workers—even…
Divorce During COVID: Are More Marriages Really Ending?
Divorce is on the rise. Marriages are crumbling. These are the messages some media reports delivered in the early months of the COVID-19…
Divorced Parents Find It Difficult to Resolve Problems in Isolation
For months of the pandemic, courts were closed, which left co-parents with difficult choices: would they have to mediate and resolve problems…
Amendment to Family Law Code Targets “Coercive Control”
On September 29, SB 1141 was chaptered. It does the following: 1) Provides that disturbing the peace of the other party includes…
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