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• Attorney Fees - Click here to view all posts

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  • Financial Assistance for Attorney Fees
    All too often, one of the divorcing parties in a marriage has primary (or sole) access to the martial financial resources. This presents problems for the spouse that does not have control to ensure ...
  Child Custody - Click here to view all posts

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  • Child Custody: The Variations of Legal & Physical Custody
    It is important for you to recognize that in Family Law proceedings, the Court is concerned with the best interests of the children and, absent exceptional circumstances, assumes that frequent contact ...
  • Child Custody and Child Visitation in California
    California Family Code section 3020(a) provides: " The Legislature finds and declares that it is the public policy of this state to assure that the health, safety, and welfare of children shall ...
  Child Support - Click here to view all posts

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  • Child Support: Mandatory & Discretionary Child Support Add-Ons
    Guideline Child Support Child support in California is determined by a statewide formula which includes multiple factors including, but not limited to: The custodial time share between the parents of ...
  • Calculating California Guideline Child Support
    Calculating California Guideline Child Support In order to create consistency with regard to child support awards, the Legislatures in California have created an algorithm that considers multiple ...
  Divorce - Click here to view all posts

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  • Why Do Some People Choose a Legal Separation Over a Divorce?
    The decision to get a divorce from your spouse is one of the most life-changing things you can ever decide to do. For many people, it is the pathway to a brighter future. But for others, divorce seems ...
  • Establishing the Date of Separation: Defining Your Rights, Obligations & Duties
    Whether it be a petition for dissolution or a petition for legal separation, one of the most critical issues you must face from the onset is establishing the date of separation. I'll explain why; ...
  • Financial Assistance for Attorney Fees
    All too often, one of the divorcing parties in a marriage has primary (or sole) access to the martial financial resources. This presents problems for the spouse that does not have control to ensure ...
  Domestic Violence - Click here to view all posts

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  • Domestic Violence and the Application for Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
    The Department of Justice reports that there are over 2.5 million reported acts of domestic violence every year, which result in over 4000 deaths. Needless to say, these statistics are concerning. ...
  Family Law - Click here to view all posts

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  • Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage Also Affects Divorce
    Late in June 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of legalizing same-sex marriages across the nation, effectively dismantling 13 state bans. Immediately people from coast to coast were ...
  • Grandparent Visitation Rights: A Distinction in Dependency vs. Non-Dependency Cases
    On August 7, 2014, the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Second Appellate District, District Eight, deciding the matter of In re J.T., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law, released ...
  • Premarital Agreements: Contracting Marital Rights and Obligations Prior to Marriage
    California Family Code section 1612 provides that parties to a premarital agreement (PMA) may contract with respect to the rights and obligations in property, choice of law, spousal support, and ...
  Legal Separation - Click here to view all posts

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  • Why Do Some People Choose a Legal Separation Over a Divorce?
    The decision to get a divorce from your spouse is one of the most life-changing things you can ever decide to do. For many people, it is the pathway to a brighter future. But for others, divorce seems ...
  Same-Sex Marriage - Click here to view all posts

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  • Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage Also Affects Divorce
    Late in June 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of legalizing same-sex marriages across the nation, effectively dismantling 13 state bans. Immediately people from coast to coast were ...
  Spousal Support - Click here to view all posts

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  • Spousal Support
    California law provides that spouses are entitled to receive " spousal support ", i.e. alimony, from each other based on many factors, the most important of which are the respective income ...
  • Fiduciary Duties, Disclosure and Sanctions
    During the course of the marriage, and continuing through the dissolution proceedings and until the assets have been distributed, spouses have fiduciary duties to one another, which will be explained ...