Any California resident who is contemplating an end to his or her marriage ordinarily is worried about the anger and emotional pain that seems to be an unescapable part of the process. For years, attorneys and family law courts in California and elsewhere have...
Children can be fragile and extraordinarily resilient at the same time. Despite their resiliency, though, most parents want to do everything they can to protect their children. This can cause heated disputes in the child custody context when each parent might think...
Going through a divorce requires forecasting the future. Anticipating the children’s educational needs and costs should be considered as part of child support and other divorce issues. Private or public school Private school, kindergarten through high school, can cost...
Circumstances and spouses often change after marriage. More couples are getting married later in their lives and divorce rates are increasing. For these reasons, entering a prenuptial agreement serves as a type of insurance if spouses choose to end their marriage. How...
Although divorce is a fairly common legal proceeding, your own unique divorce case will be different from any other. Yes, there are common issues that must be addressed in any given divorce case, such as property division, alimony, child custody and child support, but...
Estate planning is a good way to pass wealth and property between generations in a family. When an individual receives an inheritance from a deceased relative, the bequeathed property becomes theirs in ownership rights. How they choose to use that property upon...
Parents in the Bay Area may feel like the greatest gift life gave them is their children. So, when they go through a divorce, they may be very concerned about the amount of time they will get to spend with their child, especially if they were not the child’s primary...
Spousal support is intended to help with financial inequities that may be created during the divorce process because the divorce process aims for financial stability, as much as possible, for both spouses moving forward after their divorce. Either spouse can request...
As technology has permeated nearly every aspect of our world, information about our personal lives has become much more public. In the context of divorce, this information, usually found on one or more social media platforms, can offer opportunities to both sides....
In an ideal world, couples would stay married to one another and raise their children together. If the parents do have differences and end up getting divorced, they would be able to find residences near one another so they can continue to play important roles in their...