Thinking of Filing for Divorce? With the New Year comes New Beginnings. Many people are looking to make a change in their relationships. Before one makes a rash move, there are some things that one needs to consider before heading to the Courthouse. 1. Be Sure You...
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Pet Custody – Who Gets The Pets When You Divorce?
Pet Custody: What Happens To Your Pets When You Decide To End Things? Who owns pets today? about everyone and one of the long-term demographic trends. nationwide is that individuals are waiting longer to get married and waiting longer to have children. As a...
5 Tips For Your California Child Custody Hearing
Whether you are going through a dissolution, paternity, post-judgment, or restraining order action, litigating for custody of your child or children can be a stressful time. Among other things, the party that can keep their composure and provides evidentiary support...
California Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
One of the most serious issues that face people who are dating, engaged, or married is that of domestic violence. Pursuant to studies conducted by the Center for Disease Control. one in four women (25%) and one in seven men (14%) have been the victim of severe....
California Restraining Orders in 3 types
Nobody ever expects anything bad to happen to them and on most days there’s an assumption that everything will go. or at least when going to work, running errands, being in relationships. dealing with rush hour commutes and everything else that comprises modern-day...
Innocent Spouse Relief – A Statutory Safe Haven From Tax Collection
In 1789, Benjamin Franklin famously stated that the only things in life that certain Innocent Spouse Relief “death and taxes”. Irrespective if one has obtained a divorce, thinking about a divorce, wishes to stay with one’s partner, or dealing with post-divorce...
Bankruptcy Top Three Myths In 2019
Financial problems bankruptcy. like the ripples that radiate outward from a rock thrown into water. rarely are there one; and in general, such ripples disturb all aspects of life. Many studies have shown that in 2019. more people are living paycheck to paycheck, and...
The Top Three Myths About Divorce In California
With the divorce rate continuing to hover around fifty percent. many times resolutions revolve around a fresh start in relationships and life. In California, a marriage can ended by three ways. dissolution (divorce). legal separation, or annulment. For most people,...
Divorce No Fault vs. Fault Divorce? The Standard Divorce For Dissolution In California
One of the more persistent rumors that occurs even into 2019 is that cheating, or if we are being formal, adultery has an effect on how a dissolution (divorce) proceeds. While adultery may be morally wrong depending on one’s ethical views, to quote Ella Fitzgerald,...
Child Custody in California
Irrespective of whether one is in a dissolution action or a paternity action, there is no more contested subject in Family Court than child custody. With a myriad of fact patterns available to the courts in a plethora of cases, there is a wide range of potential...