Divorces are emotionally traumatic for the parties involved. Children can often sufferer the most from broken homes. Most states in the United States of America, including California, apply the test of "best interest of the child" in order to determine most divorce...
Year: 2014
Divorce mediation can help minimize the acrimony
Divorce mediation is a process by which estranged spouses seeking a divorce can negotiate terms and conditions that would be favorable to both parties in front of a neutral third party. Divorce mediation, however, is different from arbitration. While an arbitrator has...
Child custody leads to threat of violence
California residents would probably agree that divorce is the result of the breakdown of the marital bond and more often than not, the process divides entire families. Children are often the greatest casualties of a divorce. And while joint custody is usually...
High asset property division calculates net worth of couple
Divorce deconstructs the family unit and in many instances can lead to grave repercussions for one's finances. In cases where spouses share substantial amounts of assets, financial matters relating to property division and alimony can be hard fought and drawn...
Ensuring equitable property division following a divorce
Most divorces usually include property division. With the soaring divorce rates in California and the rest of the US, divorce related property divisions are becoming more complex than ever before. However, what remains important is an equitable division of property...
Serviceman deployed in the Pacific faces child custody dispute
Historically speaking, the U.S. judicial system was, at one time, usually siding with the mothers during child custody battles. Over the years, as various gender stereotypes have been rejected in favor of a more equitable mode of parenting, family law courts also...
Ex-wife drags Marc Anthony to court over child support dispute
California ranks near the top among states with the highest divorce rates. Among the legal implications following the divorce of a married couple, child support is one of the most important. Ideally, child support is paid by the non-custodial parent to the custodial...
California one-day divorce may ease tension between couples
Due to the legal complications and emotional stress involved in the process of divorce, many married couples in California may shrink away from initiating a divorce. From lawyers' fees, to the time lost in arguing in court over issues such as alimony, child custody...
California courts require bitcoin disclosure for asset division
The severing of marital ties through a legal process is not always easy, especially when it involves financial complications. Duringe divorce negotiations, couples need to identify what assets they have, how many of them have been acquired post-marriage, and what...
California bill may relieve sperm donor from paying child support
The law considers the financial needs of a child to be greatly significant. This is why even if the parents of the child are no longer together, the law requires them to provide child support for their child. Once someone has been identified as the mother or father of...