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Child custody laws in California are designed to help provide for the very best outcome for children in any divorce. When navigating through dissolution/custody issues in Sacramento, California it is very easy to forget to balance your ever changing emotions with your...

When a husband or wife are navigating a Sacramento divorce, child support and spousal support is often a critical issue that needs to be resolved. Parties often do not understand what is accounted for as income when determining what figures to input in the support...

There are other ways to make a Sacramento divorce less expensive.  Another popular method is attorney mediation services provided by a Sacramento divorce attorney.  Divorce mediation can save costs because both parties hire the same Sacramento divorce attorney to...

There are many considerations to undertake before undergoing a Sacramento divorce.  A common concern many people vocalize in a Sacramento divorce is the cost.  The honest truth about litigating a Sacramento divorce in court is that it is usually expensive.  Each party...

In our last post, we discussed a simple and common application of the UCCJEA and how it might impact a Sacramento divorce and Sacramento child custody cases.  Here is another more complicated illustration.  Hal and Wendy live in New York City, NY.  They are unmarried,...

In our last post, we discussed the primary UCCJEA rules. To help illustrate the rules as they may affect your Sacramento divorce, we have provided some hypothetical examples. For example, Hal and Wendy Smith live in Sacramento, CA and have a child, Calvin. Six months...

What if you are considering a Sacramento divorce, but have recently resided outside of California with your children? In cases where one (or both) of the parents have recently resided with the children in other states, the UCCJEA plays a critical role in deciding...

The Background and History The UCCJEA is a model custody law that has been adopted by all of the states in the USA except for Vermont and the US Territory of Puerto Rico.  The law is supposed to clarify which state holds the jurisdictional authority to decide the...

One of the crucial parts of completing any Sacramento divorce is preparing the Preliminary Declaration of Disclosure (PDD). Every divorce case will require these documents to be properly prepared, served upon the other side, and the one-page proof of service form...

Are you questioning the percentage timeshare the court used for your child support order? As a Sacramento Divorce attorney, I often times see the court having to guess as to what the actual timeshare is with mother and father when they cannot agree. The timeshare is...