If you or your spouse started a business after your marriage, the business is likely a marital asset and subject to property division laws during your divorce. As a community property state, California courts split marital assets equally between spouses. To ensure you...
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Finding hidden digital assets
Differences of opinion on their finances sometimes continue to affect couples as they divorce. Not seeing eye to eye, some spouses may attempt to conceal assets from their partners in order to keep them to themselves in the property division process. To do this, some...
What should you do after your spouse asks for a divorce?
Even when divorce is in the best interest of a family, the process is still overwhelming. This is especially true when the other spouse is the one who files for divorce. Many people feel blindsided upon learning the news, which can negatively affect decision-making...
Statistics show an increase in custodial fathers
If you are preparing to end your marriage as a father, you could have many different concerns. Aside from preparing for child support obligations, you could have questions and worries with respect to child custody. It is important to thoroughly go over your options...
Reasons people stay in unhappy marriages
It may seem simple and straightforward that unhappiness in marriage should lead to a divorce. However, even if it does seem simple, divorce is not easy. Many people choose to stay in marriages that are unhappy. They have many different reasons, but here are some of...
How does divorce affect student loan debt?
You already know that you and your former spouse must divide all shared assets during divorce. However, couples must also decide how to split any shared debt, which often includes student loan debt. Student loans can incur hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt, so...
What do judges think about parental alienation?
If you share custody of your children with your former spouse, you expect your ex to respect the good relationship you have with your kids. Sadly, though, your ex-husband or -wife probably has countless opportunities to undermine or even sabotage that relationship....
High asset divorce and forensic attorneys
In high asset divorce, property division is a serious matter. According to California law, your marital property must divide equally between you and your spouse. However, your spouse may try to hide assets from you. To prevent losing out on what is legally yours, you...
How much should your child know about the divorce?
Going through a divorce is a difficult process for everyone in the family. This includes your child, as well. You, as a parent, likely have many questions about how to handle dealing with a child during the earliest parts of a divorce. One question you may ask is, how...
Who gets the rings when married couples split?
Even though marriages end all the time, many divorcing couples have mixed feelings about calling it quits. After all, while you are heading quickly for an inevitable divorce, you have thousands of memories of happier times. These memories likely include your...