“What is yours is mine and mine is yours,” may have worked while you were happily married, but should you divorce you must find a way to divide your property (and debts) and no one wants to feel like they did not get their fair share. The following is a brief overview...
When most California couples marry, they anticipate growing old with the person they love. However, lives change, and it is not so unusual these days for couples to divorce after two or even three decades of marriage. What is behind this phenomenon, referred to as a...
Divorce is common throughout California. Even though every couple that gets a divorce will have their own reasons for doing so, there are statistical trends that researchers use to formulate assessments. For example, it can be useful to analyze age groups. While there...
Throughout people’s lives in California they acquire various property. They may purchase homes and other property, vehicles and other large purchases. They also have bank accounts, retirement accounts, investment accounts and other types of financial accounts. People...
When people divorce, it is often a sad conclusion to years of efforts to get along and mend old wounds despite the irreconcilable differences that keep bubbling to the surface. Even when they finally decide to go their separate ways, many parents don’t want their life...
It is hard to imagine a divorce without conflict or confrontation. A reader of this Escondido family law blog may find it difficult to imagine a situation in which the parties to a couple would want to divorce despite not having tension in their marriage. This...
Although a divorce can become an emotionally-driven event, it begins and ends with conformance to the legal requirements of the process. There are a number of different rules that individuals must follow in order to legally file for divorce in California. This post...
In divorce, as in life, rarely do you get to have it all. Divorcees may enter the process seeking an extensive wish list of assets, property, and entitlements, but must often scale down their aspirations as the divorce plays out. Bargaining, both with yourself as well...
Taking the step toward a divorce can be a life-changing moment. For most people who decide to pursue this option, there is no turning back. Every marriage is unique, but, for the most part, your post-divorce life will be completely different. So, what should...
Once you decide that you are going to get divorced, you may just want to get through the process as fast as possible. This is how many people feel. They want to be done. They want it to be over with. To some degree, there’s a societal issue at play here. It’s not just...
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