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There are ways to protect your personal wealth during a California divorce. However, doing so requires a clear understanding of how the state defines and divides marital and separate property at the end of a marriage. The following offers suggestions to ensure your separate property…

After a divorce or a child custody case, parents must abide by a court-ordered child custody schedule.  While this is never an easy situation, it can be even more difficult when you fear your co-parent is trying to alienate you from your children or you…

While many people know protective orders exist in California, few realize there are different types of protective orders in the state. Protective orders in California may be requested by different parties for various lengths of time and contain case-specific provisions. They are not one-size-fits-all. The…

Once a visitation agreement is in place with your co-parent, you hope that it runs smoothly. To this point, your children had expressed a reluctance or even complained when it was time to visit their other parent, but now they refuse to go. If you…

Families change over time. When they do, changes often need to be made to parenting time and visitation agreements. Fortunately, California parenting time and visitation agreements are modifiable to adapt to the ever-evolving needs of children and their parents. If you are considering a modification…

Becoming a child’s legal guardian is a serious undertaking in California. There are legal qualifications that must be met before the court will consider guardianship of a child and complex responsibilities that come with the designation. If you are considering being a legal guardian in…