You may have heard about divorces that drag out for years, but it doesn’t have to be that way. You should by all means take the time to make sure that your divorce is handled properly, and that your rights under California are respected, as the financial and...

When people decide to get divorced in California, they are often looking for the quickest, easiest, and cheapest way to get it over with so that they don’t have to deal with the emotional and financial headaches that can come with divorce. Quite often, they search for...

One reason many people avoid or at least delay speaking with a family law attorney is the belief that, by doing so, they are crossing over a threshold from which there is no return. In a sense, people sometimes think filing for divorce - or simply consulting with a...

Divorce is often a financially tumultuous time for both parties in a marriage, and this is especially the case for a spouse who is financially dependent on the other spouse, or, at the very least, earns less income than the other spouse. While the thought of getting...

Even when a marriage has, for all intents and purposes, ended in the sense that the married couple is no longer living together, finances are kept separate, and new significant others are in the picture, there are some people who do not wish to move forward with the...

Many people who want a divorce wish they had never gotten married in the first place, and also do not like the idea being divorced. Thus, a common question people have when first pursuing an end to their marriage is whether they can get their marriage annulled, as an...

If you are concerned about the future of your marriage, your children’s future, and your finances, the last thing you want when you’re looking for professional guidance is to have a sleazy and unethical lawyer talk you into doing something that you’re not sure that...

Many married people in the U.S. are legally living here based on a green card that they obtained as a result of getting married to a U.S. citizen. There are a number of ways to obtain a green card, with marrying a U.S. citizen being only one of them, but when a...

It happens more often than you might think: a child raised by two parents seemingly as their own to the outside the world is actually the biological child of only one of the parents. One common scenario involves a mother having sexual relations with a man outside the...

California courts offer married couples the option of pursuing a legal separation as an alternative to a divorce (also called “dissolution”). A legal separation can operate in much the same way as a divorce order, and thus some married persons who do not want a...