You’re filing for divorce, or you’ve been filed on. It’s all so confusing! First things first—what documents do you need to have on hand to get started? If you want to file for a divorce (in California it’s called a Dissolution of Marriage), the first bit of divorce...
Divorce is a legal process that has been left up to each individual state to determine What requirements they will put in place for people to get divorced within that particular state. If you have made the difficult decision to get divorced, you may be wondering what...
Spousal support, sometimes referred to as spousal maintenance or by the traditional term alimony, comes in two different forms in California. Spousal support can either be temporary or it can be permanent. The type of spousal support ordered more or less depends on...
A prenuptial agreement, known as a premarital agreement in California, is an agreement between two people intending to marry that helps govern the terms of the marriage as well as potential dissolution of the union. For many years, prenuptial agreements have had a bad...
Usually, a custodial parent is not allowed to move the children out of state without the approval of the noncustodial parent. When a custodial parent moves the children without the consent of the noncustodial parent, the noncustodial parent is often left bewildered...
No parent wants to find that the person knocking on their door is an investigator from California’s Child Protective Services. Child Protective Services (“CPS”) is a department within the California Department of Social Services that is charged with preventing and...
