Marriage Contracts Pt. 2: What You Should Know About Postnuptial Agreements
Marriage is both a romantic and legal partnership. While many couples enter into marriage with the best intentions, financial circumstances can evolve in ways they never anticipated. A prenuptial agreement, which is signed before marriage, can help establish financial expectations, but what happens when couples want to formalize financial arrangements after they are already married? […]
How Substance Abuse Affects Divorce Decisions in California
Divorce is never easy, but when substance abuse is involved, it can significantly complicate the legal and emotional process. Whether you’re the spouse dealing with addiction or the partner trying to protect your family, it’s crucial to understand how California law addresses substance abuse in divorce cases. Substance misuse can affect everything from child custody […]
5 Tax Issues to Understand Before Your Divorce
Divorce is not just a significant emotional journey but also a complex financial undertaking. You’re separating your household, so you need to update your budget for housing, living expenses, and retirement planning. It can be easy to forget in the midst of everything else, but you should prepare for changes to your taxes, too. If […]
Are You Ready for a Holiday Divorce?
The holiday season is traditionally a time for joy, togetherness, and celebration. However, for some couples, it can be a season of strife and uncertainty, leading to what’s colloquially referred to as a “holiday divorce.” While divorce is challenging at any time of year, ending a marriage during the holidays can bring a unique set […]
Taking care of yourself during divorce
Practicing self-care may be the last thing on your mind when you are going through a divorce. The divorce process in California involves many legal steps and requirements, which are often difficult to handle while you are emotionally processing your divorce. Add that to the stress that comes with finding a new place to live, […]
Mediation may help Bay Area residents resolve divorces
Mediation is one way that Californians who are divorcing can finalize their dissolution outside of court. Basically, the way mediation works is that both sides will meet with another person called a mediator. The mediator is a trained attorney or other qualified professional. Their job is not to decide anything but to help the sides reach […]
Do high-asset divorces face special issues?
In the big picture, California divorces work the same no matter how much a couple has in the bank. They still have to divide their community property, decide child custody and parenting time issues and, if necessary, award spousal support and child support. Even though the laws are the same, a couple who makes more money […]
Am I entitled to spousal support?
If one spouse serves as the primary breadwinner of the family, the other spouse may focus more on taking care of the home and raising the children. Because of these responsibilities, the other spouse may choose to work part-time, take on a less demanding job, or not work outside of the home. If the couple […]