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Many California couples spend years together without wanting to get married. However, it is not uncommon for these couples to consider forming a legal union as they begin to get older. Some couples investigating the pros and cons of marriage determine it is not the...
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...
In California and across the United States, many parents face a great deal of confusion when it comes to planning visitation transportation responsibility for their children. Pre-planning a visitation transportation arrangement can eliminate much stress associated...
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...
Many California spouses learn the hard way after the divorce is concluded that they conducted the negotiations with an incomplete knowledge of their finances. One way to avoid this is to hire a certified divorce financial planner, or CDFP, during the process. A CDFP...
When you and your spouse got married, you joined million of other Americans who also underwent this rite of passage. According to the Pew Research Center, as of 2017, half of Americans over the age of 18 had a spouse. If you and your spouse have decided to get...
