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For many parents who disagree on child custody, family law mediation can be a step in the right direction. Mediation is ...

Moving with a child if you’re divorced is no easy task, especially in California. If the parenting plan is permanent, ...

Adoption is a beautiful, transformative experience that enables a person or couple to establish their own families and ...

You decided you want a divorce, you file for a divorce, and then…*crickets*… your spouse, for whatever reason, has ...

You may have already heard the big news, that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are getting a divorce after only 15 months of ...

As a cast member of the Real Housewives of New York, Jules Wainstein is no stranger to drama. Surprisingly though, ...

We have discussed the issue of domestic violence and domestic violence restraining orders in many different contexts on ...

Some family law litigants (and even some attorneys) may think an appeal is just a “do-over” of what happened at the ...

The California Family Code allows courts to issue orders removing a spouse from a home. These are commonly referred to ...

Getting engaged is an extremely happy time for any couple. The act of showing off the ring (and for millennials posting ...

America has waited on the edge of its seat for Jennifer Aniston to find true love ever since her divorce from Hollywood ...

In New York, a man is suing his ex-fiancé for contributions made in contemplation of their upcoming nuptials. ...

Dividing pensions and retirement plans can be a very complicated aspect of divorce. The rules that apply to social ...

It is often said that when one marries his or her spouse, he or she is also “marrying their debt.” Is that how it works ...

If you are recently divorced or still in the midst of the divorce process, this holiday season will likely be the first ...

As we’ve mentioned many times over on this blog, support (both child support and spousal support) can be very ...

The question of a party’s income available for support has been the scourge of many attorneys and forensic accountants ...

Many people understand that, generally, confidential communications between a person and his or her attorney are ...

We have written several blogs about the date of separation and its importance to a dissolution action. In some cases, ...

Taxes are already complicated enough. Unfortunately, divorce makes it more complicated. Here are three rules of thumb ...

Currently American investors are seeing significant losses in the market. For most Americans the effects are being felt ...

January is often referred to as “Divorce Month” because of the high influx of divorce filings. Many people look at the ...

Until just recently, there were not any California cases on point regarding whether a licensed professional’s book of ...

Divorce can have a devastating effect on both parties’ standard of living and finances. We have previously blogged about ...

The Court of Appeals just issued what could be a very important opinion on the issue of commingling separate and ...

Getting through a divorce and preparing to move on from a marriage is an emotionally and financially draining process. ...

The family residence is sometimes the parties’ biggest asset acquired during marriage. It is also typically an asset ...

The “Right of First Refusal” is a concept originating from contract law that grants the holder of the right the option ...

Much like Kleenex, Band-Aids, or Xerox (products that have become synonymous with the brands that popularized them), ...

Consanguinity comes from a Latin word “consanguinitas” and meaning “blood relation.” In English is just means your blood ...

Appeals can be a lengthy, difficult, and expensive process. In fact, most civil appeals in the Fourth District Court of ...

If you are a frequent reader of this blog, you know that child custody and visitation are fluid orders as that often ...

It’s that time again. Summer is slowly fading, the days are gradually getting shorter, and soon the whole world will be ...

As divorce attorneys, it is often useful to recall the reasons that people get married in the first place. We may try ...

It happens all the time. One spouse buys a home before the date of marriage, but during the marriage, community money is ...

Many engaged couples in San Diego contemplate getting a premarital agreement (otherwise known as a prenuptial agreement) ...

When going through a divorce, there are a lot of decisions that need to be made. Who will get the house? Who will the ...

You have just received a court stamped copy of your Judgment from your San Diego divorce attorney. Everything has been ...

Peter Robbins, voice of the beloved Peanuts character Charlie Brown, was arrested on Sunday, January 20th, on charges of ...

In San Diego, domestic violence can have a tremendous impact in divorce proceedings, especially in cases involving ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yrVNkPZpTM This July, Dallas Cowboy wide receiver Dez Bryant was arrested in Texas as ...

Nowadays, building a family can look different than it did years ago. With advances in modern medicine, there are ...

It is no secret that getting a divorce can be pricey. While there is almost no way to estimate exactly how much any ...

Discovery is not the first topic that comes to mind when parties meet with a family law attorney for the first time. In ...

A voluntary declaration of parentage (VDOP) is a legal form that creates parentage for a child in California outside of ...

Dividing community property in a California divorce is a crucial step in the process of legally ending a marriage. As ...

Spousal support can be an important part of your California divorce, helping the spouse with a lower income maintain ...

Child custody decisions can have a significant impact on a child’s daily life, relationships, and long-term stability, ...

If you’ve ever heard the term forensic accountant, you may or may not understand exactly what their job responsibilities ...

One of the important steps in finalizing a divorce is determining how to divide property between the two spouses. In ...

So imagine this scenario. You’ve spent all day in mediation with the other side. You have been going back and forth all ...

County music singer Trace Adkins has just ended his divorce from his wife of 17 years, Rhonda. While the split has been ...

Many couples in San Diego opt to mediate rather than litigate their divorce. Mediation can provide the parties with many ...

Child actor, Corey Feldman, and his wife Susie were married in 2002 but later separated in 2009. Their divorce was ...

Thinking about or talking about the possibility of divorce is very different than actually taking affirmative steps to ...

Many parties choose to have their divorce cases mediated by a professional mediator. This can have many valuable ...

The State of California imposes very broad duties of disclosure between spouses that are in the midst of a divorce. ...

Last week’s $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot created a frenzy like no other as people rushed out to buy their tickets for ...

There is a saying by Benjamin Franklin that the only two things that are inevitable in this world are “death and taxes.” ...

In two previous posts, we discussed the very important Moore/Marsden formula, which is the formula that determines the ...

The U.S. peered into the private lives of Jamie and Frank McCourt, owners of the Dodgers, as they publicly litigated ...

Choosing your lawyer in a divorce case can be one of the most important decisions you ever make. You want someone who is ...

Considering the intimate nature of family law cases, especially divorces, both parties often know incriminating ...

When people think of “divorce”, they don’t often associate it with the term “amicable”, which means to be “characterized ...

On November 3, 2015, CNN published an article titled “Couple seeks right to marry. The hitch? They’re legally father and ...

The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was enacted on September 21, 1996 and permitted the states to refuse to recognize ...

Just because you’re in the process of ending your marriage through divorce doesn’t mean that it’s the end of all hope ...

If you are a member of the uniformed services or work for the Federal Government you are eligible to sign up for a ...

Rabbi Mendel Epstein began a 10-year sentence on March 1 st after being sentenced by a New York judge in December 2015 ...

When the marriages of most couples become irretrievably broken, the most common way to end these marriages is to file ...

In earlier blogs I discussed what a parent can expect during child custody mediation, both private mediation and court ...

There is a fascinating story about twin brothers born in 1940’s Ohio who were separately put up for adoption at birth. ...

Full, honest, and complete disclosure is a critical part of divorce in California. Family Code section 2100 explicitly ...

2015 was a big year for supporters of gay marriage and gay civil rights. The US Supreme Court, in Obergefell v. Hodges, ...

In my last blog I talked about how a custody evaluation is ordered, what it costs, and how long it takes. If you have ...

If you are considering a divorce or are already involved in the divorce process, you have likely done some research and ...

Since Lamar Odom has found himself in the hospital following a drug and alcohol related incident on October 13, news of ...

At a recent continuing education seminar for San Diego family law attorneys, a family court judge was asked what, if ...

Separated parents face challenges in co-parenting, but it becomes almost unmanageable when dealing with an especially ...

Blended families experiencing a divorce can face unique challenges when it comes to child custody and support. All the ...

A child custody case in California can be an emotionally challenging, legally complex, and stressful process for ...

Attorney fees can be a very important issue in many divorce cases. Most family law litigants in California, and ...

The abuse of alcohol and/or drugs by a parent can have an enormous impact on their children’s lives. That impact can ...

In my previous blog, I raised several questions that you need to discuss with you attorney before you make a request for ...

If you are going to family court then chances are that you have children. With your attorney fees and court filing fees ...