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In California, you will need to wait at least six months after serving your spouse with divorce papers before your marriage can officially come to an end. Of course, the divorce process can take much longer than six months to complete if it is contested. Let's look at...
If you are considering divorce, you have probably imagined how the litigation may look. You can see you and your spouse’s lawyers negotiating your agreement on your behalf and can likely anticipate any resulting arguments or complications. You can likely imagine a...
It is not uncommon for couples to amass significant assets over the course of a marriage. Whether it is the creation of a family business, the purchase of several properties, the acquisition of multiple investments or an expanding set of retirement accounts, many...
Divorces upset a lot of areas of a person's life. From where the children will live and visitation rights, to how retirement funds will divide, there is a lot to consider. One area that does not get much as much attention is what happens to a business involved in a...
The task of going through a divorce is a significant challenge on its own, but when children are involved, a whole new set of responsibilities appears. Taking care of children’s mental and emotional needs calls for constant attention. The action parents take even...
During your years of marriage, you and your spouse will acquire assets and property together. Like most couples, you may own a home, bank accounts, retirement accounts and vehicles. You may even have a business started during your marriage. As you go through the...
When parents make the decision to part ways, it often forces children to change their way of life. Their parents’ divorce forces children to adjust from living in a traditional family setting to a single-parent household. Because of this sudden change, recreating a...
When you spend years married to a person, there never seems to be a right time for a divorce. After building a family together, you may worry about how a separation will affect your children. And you don’t want to fight in court over multiple assets. However, many...
Going through a divorce is a very emotional process, especially if a couple has children and they need to negotiate a custody arrangement. However, it’s also complicated when a couple has a beloved pet and they need to decide who the pet will live with after the...
Ah, back to school. For some of you, that first day of school may already have passed. Others may be squeezing the last few drops of fun out of a long summer. Either way, those of you who are divorced or unmarried with children, back-to-school time can mean...
