Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Dec 06, 2021 |
Divorce or separation can be a stressful and emotionally-consuming process. Things do not get any better when you have children and you and your spouse cannot agree on a custody arrangement. You may be concerned about having a limited role in your child's welfare or, conversely, about your child ...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Nov 18, 2021 |
There is so much at stake during a divorce that it can be hard to prioritize. Yet, if you cannot, you will waste unnecessary time and stress arguing over things that are really not that important.
Think back over the last few months, and you will find examples of arguments with your spouse that, ...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Nov 10, 2021 |
Divorce can be a confusing time, and if you act on incorrect advice that you read on the internet or got from a well-meaning but ill-informed friend, it could jeopardize your chances of getting the custody deal you need.
How judges handle custody now is very different from how they did so decades...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Feb 06, 2020 |
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 Really Want to Get Divorced
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Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Oct 25, 2019 |
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 result of this change, individuals a...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Sep 12, 2019 |
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 for their arguments is genera...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Sep 11, 2019 |
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. physical violence by an intimate p...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Jul 23, 2019 |
Generally, no one wakes up and wants to obtain a restraining order against another party as it requires one to expend the time and energy to go to Court. Having said that, harassment, either in person or online, violence, or threats of violence are serious issues. As anyone will tell you, if you...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Jul 23, 2019 |
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, annulment not an option. unles...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Jul 23, 2019 |
If you have a child, or children in California, and you are involved in either a paternity or dissolution action, one of the more common items litigated is child custody and visitation. Like anything, child custody and visitation does not have to be litigated, but in the absence of an agreement, ...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Jul 23, 2019 |
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 issues, having to file and sometim...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Jul 23, 2019 |
In addition to Civil Harassment Restraining Orders (“CHRO”) and Domestic Violence Restraining Orders (“DVRO”), since 2016 California has a third type of protective order, the Gun Violence Restraining Order (“GVRO”). While Civil Harassment Restraining Orders governed. by the California Code of...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Jul 23, 2019 |
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, “…Birds do it, bees do it, Eve...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Jul 23, 2019 |
While the rumor that adultery somehow affects a divorce in California is the first and most popular myth regarding dissolution, the idea that common-law marriage exists in the state is a close second. In the event you have no idea what common-law marriage is, “common-law marriage” is the theory ...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Jul 23, 2019 |
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 orders. The long- standing policy ...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Jul 23, 2019 |
One of the most common questions in Family Law is whether a child custody order is “permanent”.
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While court orders have many designations from “minute”, “emergency”,. “Temporary”, and Afinal”, such terms have more to do with legal questions than duration. As a...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Jul 23, 2019 |
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 life. California Restraining O...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Jul 23, 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 more people. medical emergenc...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Jul 23, 2019 |
When the Bankruptcy Code was amended in 2005 to become the “Bankruptcy Abuse and Consumer Protection Act” (BAPCPA), there was a pre-change increase of Chapter 7 filings because of concern over a new provision in the law known as the “Means Test”. Once the law was amended, the means test was and ...
Posted by Adrian S. Doty, Esq. | Jul 23, 2019 |
One of the practical issues that occurs incident to dissolution is “information leakage”. Information leakage occurs when the other side either. Soon to ex-husband or wife has texts, e-mails, voicemails, social media posts, or other information . That they should not have access to. Account Pass...