A lot of same-sex couples who had been together for a long time celebrated the Supreme Court's declaration that gay marriage was legal by doing what a lot of other couples in love have done. They eloped. While they probably didn't sneak out of their parents' houses in...
Getting a divorce is a lot more complicated than just deciding that your marriage is truly over. You have to start thinking like a single person again. Depending on how long you've been in your relationship, that can be hard to do -- but it's absolutely necessary. In...
More and more people are working as independent contractors -- or significantly supplementing their income through what is becoming known as the "gig" economy. People take all sorts of jobs online and off -- tutoring students for the SATs, giving music lessons,...
Divorce can be a messy, expensive process. The last thing, however, that you want to let your divorce cost you is your job. Unfortunately, that's a real possibility when you can't find a way to draw a division between your personal and professional lives. Here are...
California has a very broad definition of domestic violence -- and victims' advocates say that it's necessary in order to protect victims from subtle forms of abuse like harassment or stalking. Unfortunately, that also makes the law easy to abuse when someone who...
The old model of custody looked pretty familiar to just about everyone. The mother often had primary physical custody of the kids and the father saw his offspring every other weekend and occasional holidays. The new model of custody tries to divide parenting time...
Every marriage has its ups and downs -- but if your marriage seems like it has been on the "down" side of things for a long while, is it time to get an attorney? According to divorce attorneys, here are the signs that a marriage is terminal -- not merely troubled. 1....
A search for a missing baby cut a path from Mesa, Arizona, all the way to California. Now, the baby has been returned to his father while the child's mother and her parents are sitting in jail on various charges related to the kidnapping. Child custody disputes are...
It isn't unusual for interfaith marriages to happen these days -- and it isn't unusual for one or both spouses to turn back to their religious roots during a difficult time (like divorce). However, that can create all sorts of unintentional conflicts over the...
Why do some parents choose not to pay child support? It certainly isn't a wise choice to go against a judge's order, and the penalties can range from having wages garnished and tax returns grabbed to being jailed for contempt of court. Here are some of the main...