Does Abuse During Marriage Affect Alimony Payments in CA?
Domestic abuse is an epidemic in the U.S., affecting marriages across all types of demographics and socioeconomic backgrounds. Furthermore, domestic abuse often plays a role in many divorces, as partners seek to remove themselves and their children from an abusive and...
Can We Create a Settlement Agreement Without a Lawyer in a CA Divorce?
When two spouses decide they no longer want to be married to one another, a flood of emotions usually ensues. While some spouses deal with anger and suspicion of one another that might send them into a battlefield mentality, other spouses want to avoid any further...
What You Should Do After You Have Been Served With Divorce Papers
If you have recently been served with divorce papers, you are no doubt not having your best day ever. Whether you were more or less expecting this moment to come or whether it was the last thing you expected, the critical thing to understand at this point is that,...
How Long Do You Have To Be Married in California to Recieve Alimony?
If you are considering a divorce in California (or your spouse is considering divorce), one of your chief concerns to think about from the very beginning of the proceedings is alimony, or “spousal support” as it is referred to by California state law. Few areas of...
Can My Spouse Give Away Assets Before or During a Divorce?
One of the most common type of scenarios that family law attorneys see during a divorce process is one spouse “giving” away assets both prior to and during the divorce. There may be any number of reasons that this could occur. For example, divorce generally means one...
Can a Parent of Adopted Children Be Required to Pay Child Support?
When most people think of child support, they think of the legal obligation of a biological parent to financially support the child at least until the child is 18. That is generally true regardless of whether the parents had been married for decades or the parents had...
Do I Need an Attorney to Serve Divorce Papers in California?
Many couples entering into the divorce process - or at least one spouse in the relationship who wants a divorce even if the other does not - have the goal of getting the divorce over with as quickly, painlessly, and cheaply as possible. Which are all understandable...
Is an Engagement Ring Considered Separate Property in California?
When couples divorce in California, one of the first things they start thinking through is who should receive what property when they part ways. For many couples, especially those on the younger side, an engagement ring might be one of the more valuable items in the...
Can I Stop Paying California Child Support if My Ex Gets Remarried?
As a biological parent of a child, you have an obligation to financially support that child until he or she reaches the age of 18 or older, unless a court order effectively terminates that obligation such as in the case of an adoption. Thus, in most divorce cases...
How to Ask Your Fiance For a Prenup Without Upsetting Them
There was a time not so long ago when prenuptial agreements were considered mildly scandalous and the exclusive domain of wealthy men entering into their third and fourth marriages with younger wives who may or may not be in it for the money. And while prenuptial...