When it comes to property division in divorce, California is one of several community property states in the United States. In community property states, all property acquired during the marriage is considered to community property. That is, the property is jointly...
It’s not unusual for a divorce to become contentious. There’s a lot of emotion involved for both spouses and it’s easy to become upset and frustrated with the process and each other. What most couples don’t realize is that the law requires a certain level of conduct...
Often when parents in California divorce, one parent will have the child in their care more than half of the time and the other parent has visitation time with the child. However, not all visitation orders look the same. There are different types of visitation orders...
As many Californians have discovered, divorce can become an emotionally searing and excruciatingly painful experience. One of the chief causes of divorce pain can be the sensation that the central part of a person’s identity – the family – will be torn apart by a...
As readers of this blog know, our firm encourages our clients to engage in mediation and collaborative law. This is because these types of alternative dispute resolution models can solve most marriage disputes without the need for expensive litigation. And, for those...
Dealing with a child custody dispute isn’t easy when you are a dad. Making matters worse is the fact that even after you have a custody order in hand, you may face ongoing coparenting issues. After all, in many instances, each parent thinks that they know what is best...
Perhaps the first statement that should be made about “fathers’ rights” in a California divorce is that the rights commonly associated with the phrase, custody and visitation, do not belong to either the father or the mother. They belong to the child. Nevertheless,...
When parents divorce, their primary concern, usually, is their kids. And, while issues of child custody and visitation rights are top-of-mind, so too is the emotional and physical transition of the children and their move from the family home. The move from the family...
If you have a divorce settlement where you have to pay spousal support, you know how much of a burden that payment can be each month. You may feel annoyed that you have to pay this every month. But under California law, spousal support is not designed to last forever,...
The process of going through a divorce can be confusing. You’ll have to deal with a number of issues you’ve likely never given much thought. Spousal support is one of those issues and you may understand the basics of how it works, but the idea of temporary spousal...