If you and your co-parent are divorcing, you’ll likely be including holidays in your custody agreement and parenting plan. Kids need to know where they’ll be spending Christmas, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July and other big days. Once children are old enough to...
Becoming a medical provider was difficult. You took years of your life to study and focus on your career. Now, you have a beautiful family along with it, but your spouse is no longer happy with your arrangement. They came to you to discuss getting a divorce, and...
Say you’re in a relationship where conflict is common. It seems like you’re always arguing and your partner is always frustrated with you. You often wonder if it means that the two of you are quickly heading toward a divorce. Then those arguments stop. It’s almost an...
Divorce can be a very simple process unless one is involved in a high-asset divorce. Property division, handling debt, children, alimony, and family-owned businesses call for a higher level of due diligence. When emotions are running high, it is important to be...
Trying to predict your financial circumstances after a divorce is never easy unless you have a very strong prenuptial agreement with your spouse. There are so many variables that affect the outcome of divorce proceedings that even straightforward community property...
Permanent alimony isn’t as common as it once was. In previous generations, it was typically ordered to be paid by men to their wives who didn’t work outside the house once they got married and therefore would have a difficult time obtaining a job that would support...
California is a state that practices community property law. What that means is that all marital assets are assumed to belong equally to both parties upon divorce. Both parties have the right to 50% of the assets shared in the marriage automatically, unless they have...
Military deployment is stressful enough, but that stress is compounded when a service member is concerned about how their deployment could affect their custody rights. Fortunately, both federal and state laws offer protections for military parents and their rights....
When you're going through a divorce, you know (or will quickly learn) that you need to be very careful about what you post on social media. Anything your spouse can access has the potential to be hauled out in court and used to discredit you in some way before the...
What happens to everything you own when you divorce? It depends on which state you live in. California is a community property state. Most things you acquired while married belong to both of you, and you need to split them in a divorce. Specific things count as...