Most people searching for an “amicable divorce” are asking a practical question: can this be resolved without a courtroom, and who can do that competently when the assets are substantial? The honest answer is that several distinct legal processes sit under the umbrella of “amicable…
The hardest part of a high-asset California divorce is rarely the law. It is the valuation of whatever the higher-earning spouse actually owns, and that varies enormously by profession. A physician with a partnership interest in a medical group, an owner of six laundromats, an…
When a spouse begins moving money, transferring property into a trust, or quietly draining accounts before or during a California divorce, the problem is no longer only financial. It is a timing problem. Assets that move early are harder to trace, more expensive to recover,…
California offers some of the strongest protections in the country for intended parents of surrogacy. State law makes gestational surrogacy agreements enforceable, welcomes parents regardless of marital status or sexual orientation, and allows a court to name you as your child’s legal parent before they’re…
Irvine · Newport Beach & Corona del Mar · Laguna Beach · Huntington Beach · Costa Mesa Orange County wealth is concentrated in a particular set of assets: an interest in an investment partnership or fund, a medical or dental practice, a closely held company,…
Beverly Hills · Santa Monica & the Westside · Pasadena · South Bay · San Fernando Valley If you live and work in Los Angeles, the assets a marital agreement most needs to address are rarely a simple salary and a house. They are a…
