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...
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What will happen to my business in my divorce?
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...
How can I protect my children in my divorce?
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...
Interest in divorce peaks in January
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...
What happens after the divorce?
Most Californians who get divorced think that the judgment ending the marriage is the end of the divorce process. However, divorced persons should attend to a number of matters that are not usually addressed in the typical judgment. Perhaps the most obvious...
Why have a prenuptial agreement?
Marriages are generally regarded as times of celebration and optimism toward the future. Why spoil these good feelings with the suggestion that the couple execute a premarital agreement? Don't such agreements deal with the consequences of divorce, not marriage? And...
California woman wins 50 years of child support from ex-husband
California laws contain several remedies for women whose ex-husbands do not pay child or spousal support. The state has an agency that helps locate ex-spouses and assists in seeking court enforcement of an existing order for child or spousal support. Unfortunately for...
New app aimed at helping divorced parents communicate
The end of a divorce proceeding does not always signify the end of acrimony between the divorced parents. As many divorced residents of Sacramento have learned, anger at the former spouse may often disrupt post-divorce efforts by the parents to tend to the welfare of...
Order barring Facebook posts by ex-husband is unconstitutional
The advent of social media has added a new dimension to divorces in California and elsewhere. Some angry ex-spouses have used platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to post harshly critical comments about the other party to the divorce. Courts have been crafting...
How social media can poison a marriage and cause a divorce
One of the most pervasive social changes that has occurred in California and the United States in the last 20 years is the increasing use of social media to begin, renew or maintain personal relationships. A person may think he or she are pursuing an innocent...