When a Bay Area divorce involves carried interest, pre-IPO stock, restricted stock units (RSUs), or a founder’s equity stake, the money is real but the characterization is hard. Under California’s community property system, the question is rarely “who owns the asset” and almost always “how…
Firm marks milestone after expanding its sophisticated family law practice into Orange County in 2021. Newport Beach, California August 5, 2026 Moradi Neufer LLP, one of California’s leading family law firms, proudly marks five years of serving clients throughout Orange County. The firm expanded into…
When you anticipate your marriage ending, it’s normal to race through a hundred worries at once. Near the top of that list is almost always money. You may have paid into a home or retirement account for years, or started a business before you ever…
Partners at Moradi Neufer Family Law release “The Collaborative Start Workbook” to help couples build trust and financial transparency. SAN FRANCISCO Rejecting the outdated notion that prenuptial agreements plan for divorce, family law partners Patricia Van Haren and Kiana Katie Moradi today released “The Collaborative…
For high-asset California couples who want to divorce without a public courtroom record, there are four established private paths: mediation, collaborative divorce, binding arbitration, and private judging (judicial reference) each supported by California statute, and each capable of keeping the substance of a complex financial…
In a California divorce, a forensic accountant is a financial expert who reconstructs the marital finances to find, value, and trace assets and income that one spouse has not disclosed undisclosed bank and brokerage accounts, below-market salaries, diverted business revenue, unreported crypto wallets, and separate…
