Parents may spend weeks negotiating with one another or attend multiple hearings in court while presenting their side of the situation to create an effective parenting plan. Assessing a family's circumstances and the unique needs of the children in the household will...
California is a community property state, which generally means that couples need to split the value of their assets in half if they get divorced unless an exception applies to a particular asset that should be treated as separate property. A lot of couples have...
Some experts estimate that it can take more than a million dollars in investment and lost wages to raise a single child to adulthood. Families that invest in private school, extracurricular activities and other forms of enrichment may spend well more than that. It is...
“Who gets the house?” has long been a hot question for divorcing couples. With the housing market being what it is today and good rentals harder than ever to come by, the new question many divorcing couples are asking is, “Who gets the apartment?” The answer may...
Children are often the biggest complicating factor in modern divorces. Couples have to negotiate custody arrangements and support matters, which can take a lot more effort and careful consideration than basic property division matters. They will also remain in close...
Typically, parents divorcing or separating in California will share custody. Both of them will have time with the children and some authority to make decisions. Most legal experts and psychologists will advise parents to keep the conflict as low as possible in custody...
As your children grow and mature, their schedules become much busier. Instead of merely attending school and the occasional play date, they may now juggle multiple extracurricular activities, a full academic course load and a part-time job. It could be challenging...
Houses are often a complicating factor when a couple divorces. You will likely have invested a lot of your marital income into the purchase and maintenance of your shared home. Often, couples combine their income to qualify for more financing together than either...
Pets have long been thought of as marital property, treated similarly to the other shared assets that couples would need to split. After January 1, 2019, the way pets are handled in divorce changed thanks to a new law, AB-2274. Now, you can expect to treat your pet...
In California, the state is a community property state. What this means is that any debts or assets you assume during marriage are shared equally by both parties. If you decide to divorce, then you each should walk away with 50% of that shared debt or income/property....
