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Because California is a community property  state, you know that any shared assets or debts you take on during your marriage will be split 50% between you and your spouse in a divorce. Naturally, that includes any income, salary, real estate, or other types of…

If you’re a successful professional in the Bay Area, chances are high you hold complex assets  that can complicate your divorce. Your high-net-worth domestic partnership dissolution could involve business ownership interests, income from stock options and capital gains , real estate, or bonus compensation packages that…

Divorce is hard enough without one parent trying to alienate their children against the other. Parental alienation describes a campaign of behavior by one parent that’s designed to break down the relationship their children have with the other parent. It’s a deliberate strategy to negatively…

When it comes to divorce, more money really can cause more problems. Although divorce is rarely simple, the most straightforward cases usually involve couples with little to no assets or debts. They simply do not have as much property to fight over. Meanwhile in high…

Divorce and domestic partnership dissolution get more complicated when minor children are involved. You may have figured out how you’re going to handle custody between parents, but calculating child support is another issue that you and your co-parent must resolve. In California, child support is…

If you’re looking for a lawyer to help you in a divorce case, custody proceeding, or other family matter in California, you may have heard that aggressive attorneys are best. But what makes an aggressive lawyer effective? An aggressive personality doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get…