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Divorce Causes Financial Stress
Families who are accustomed to living on two incomes are forced to live on one. Sometimes a spouse who has …
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Divorce and The Stay-At-Home Parent
Whether you’ve made the decision to divorce, or the decision was made for you by the other parent, when you …
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Divorce And The Special Needs Child
When there is a special needs child involved in a divorce, issues of child custody, visitation and support can be …
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Dissolution Of Marriage: Important Factors To Consider
When a marriage comes to an end, many people either fail to seek legal advise and proceed blindly or rely …
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Disclose It Or Lose It
Recently an ex-husband discovered his ex-wife won a California lottery of $1.3 million during their marriage. Ex-wife filed for divorce …
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Crossing the Modern Bridge Over Troubled Waters
As most adults (and many of their children) know, dissolutions of marriage can inflict heavy, sometimes immobilizing, emotional pressure on …
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Court Invalidates Post-Marital Agreement
In the case of Marriage of Mehren and Dargan (2004) 118CA4th1167, the Court of Appeal struck down a post-marital agreement …
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Costly Mistakes
Divorce need not be difficult nor emotionally damaging, but here are a few things you should avoid doing: -Not …
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Common Misconceptions Of Celebrity Divorces
There has been a recent string of high-profile celebrities engaged in family law proceedings. In the media’s effort to cover …
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Does California Have Common Law Marriage? Read Here
A common misconception for Californians is that common law marriages are valid. Living together and holding yourselves out to be …
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Children’s Recovery From Divorce
A child’s post-divorce adjustment is dependent upon the child’s quality of relationship with each parent, the intensity and duration of …
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Child Kidnapping – Every Parent’s Nightmare
Did you know that 260,000 children are abducted in the United States every year? Of these child abduction cases, only …
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Prenuptial Agreement Checklist – What You Need To Know
For Prenuptial (also referred to as Antinuptial) Agreements to have the greatest chance of surviving a challenge, the following checklist …
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Can an Agreement to Divide Property Be Valid Without Exchanging Declarations of Disclosure?
In a recent case, Husband and Wife were married in July 1985 and separated in March 2007. In what was …
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California Common Law Marriage – A Misconception
As a family law attorney, I find that many people are misinformed about California family law. Perhaps one of the …
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