5 Ways People Sabotage Their Own Divorce Proceedings
Few people relish the thought of taking the steps necessary to convert a failed marriage into a legally finalized divorce. The emotional letdown of a relationship that didn’t work out, the fear and anxiety over what life will look like post-marriage, and the sometimes...
How Much Can I Expect to Pay in Child Support in California?
If you have children, your child support payments will most likely be one of the most significant financial aspects of your divorce, along with spousal support and property distribution, especially if you have more than one child. Unlike spousal support, however,...
What is the Difference Between Spousal Support and Alimony?
Most people are familiar with the term “alimony,” a term frequently used in television and movies, and which you may recall a family member or friend discussing in connection with a divorce. In essence, alimony is money that one spouse pays to another spouse after a...
Can We Create a Divorce Settlement Agreement If We’re Not Speaking to Each Other?
The benefits of creating a settlement agreement in resolving a divorce over litigating those issues in court are huge. First off, both spouses can save themselves the high legal fees that come with going to court repeatedly to present issues before a judge. Second,...
Why Do People Get Prenup Agreements?
There are a number of benefits to prenuptial agreements that make them attractive to those heading towards marriage: the ability to have a level of financial certainty for both parties after a marriage; the ability to avoid having marital and financial issues being...
When is the Best Time of Year to File for Divorce?
For a wide variety of reasons, the start of the year and January in particular are times in which family law attorneys hear from many new potential clients regarding seeking a divorce. Every situation is different, but sometimes one spouse wants to make it through the...
3 Questions to Ask When Thinking About a Divorce
To call divorce a “game changer” is an understatement. Divorce can upend your emotional and financial life, not to mention the day-to-day life of where you live and who you live with, and can mean big changes for relating to your children going forward. And yet many...
Does Common Law Marriage Exist in California?
The concept of a “common law marriage” is one you might have heard brought up in TV shows and films, and often in reference to people living in isolated areas or in historical times, such as in the 19th century. Basically, a common law marriage is a marriage where...
How to Determine Date of Separation (DoS) in a California Divorce
No matter how much you may be independent of a spouse - or how much the thought of still being married to a spouse saddens, annoys, or generally feels in the past to you - you are still legally married until the date of a dissolution order signed by a California...
How Long Do You Have to Pay Alimony After a California Divorce?
Alimony is a commonly-used term for payments that one spouse must make to another spouse after a divorce ends in order to help the receiving spouse adjust to life on their own following divorce. In California, alimony is technically referred to as spousal support or...