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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…

When you walked down that aisle you probably never considered that the journey could end in a divorce lawyer’s office. Still, a life together makes unexpected twists and turns or eventually leads two people in different directions. If you’ve decided divorce is the inevitable end…

California is a community property state for marriage. Under this type of law, married couples become a “community” and any income or assets brought into the marriage once it’s begun belong to that community. Under this law, divorcing couples must equally divide all community property…

When spouses decide to end their marriage, there are usually many questions about the process. During this turbulent time, it helps to understand California’s divorce law, timeline, and process, including the terminology. One of the first questions often involves confusion over terms sometimes used interchangeably….

Remember when Gwyneth Paltrow announced the “conscious uncoupling” of her marriage with Chris Martin only to be met with much derisive backlash by the media? Since that time, many other couples have discovered the emotional and financial advantages of an amicable divorce. While all divorces…

The divorce process is a turbulent time, with strong emotions mixing with distressing legal procedures. But when the death of one spouse is thrown into the mix, the divorce process suddenly takes a detour that could leave the surviving spouse wondering what happens next. Does…