For Californians who are experiencing the litany of challenges that accompany a divorce, it is easy to ignore the basics. However, those basics may be critical to the case. Because child custody, child support, alimony and property division will all be considerations,...

Statistics show that marriage isn't as common as it once was among earlier generations of Americans. Although you can argue upsides and downsides of this decline in marriage rates, it's great that modern Americans deal with fewer divorces than they used to. Still,...

There are plenty of compatibility tests that some couples take to help them determine if their marriage will stand the test of time. California couples have probably seen them in magazines, books and other places. But is it possible for science to predict divorce? Is...

When you file for divorce in California, dividing your debt might seem fairly simple. You keep the debts that you accumulated, and your spouse keeps the debts that they accumulated, right? Unfortunately, it's more complicated than that. California is a community...

The number of gray divorces, which are divorces involving couples over the age of 50, have risen sharply in California and around the country in recent years, which means issues like pension plans and retirement income are being discussed far more often in property...

When people in California decide to divorce, they may face difficult questions as they seek to finalize the end of their marriage. Most people want their divorce to proceed as quickly and easily as possible, but this can be a real challenge when conflicts over...

The fact that nearly half of married couples in California and across the nation will experience divorce at some point means that asset division will become a necessary process for many people. When a business is part of a marriage, property division during a marriage...

If a couple gets a divorce in California and one person makes significantly more money than the other, that person may be required to pay alimony to the other. This is separate from the process of property division and from child support. While alimony is determined...

People in California may be shocked to find out that women are much more likely to file for divorce than men are. This is true even in the case of same-sex marriages. According to a 2017 study in the UK, 78% of same-sex divorces were requested by lesbian couples. Even...