What Factors May a Court Consider When Awarding Spousal Support?
For better or worse, one hot-button issue that often comes up when a California couple ends their marriage is that of spousal support (also known as alimony). This is especially true when one spouse earns significantly more than the other. While one spouse may want…
Strive for Equality When Dividing Property in a Divorce
Starting out with wedding gifts, to that first home and moving forward throughout the years, married couples in California accumulate a lot of assets. Although couples may start their married life in wedded bliss, some find that as time marches on, their marriage deteriorates to…
How the Best Interests of Your Child Are Determined in a Divorce
Getting divorced comes with numerous stresses and difficulties, including child custody. If you are concerned about what is best for your child, you are not alone. California courts make custody and visitation decisions based on the best interests of your child. The health and wellbeing…
Keep Your Retirement in Mind When Going Through a Divorce
When emotions are running high and you are thinking about ending your marriage, it can be easy to forget the practical considerations to which you need to be paying attention. In addition to common concerns - such as child custody and child support - you…
What Should I Know About Domestic Partnerships?
While the legalization of same-sex marriage has caused domestic partnerships to go by the wayside to some degree, some couples are still not interested in having a legal marriage but do wish to have certain benefits. Entering into a domestic partnership is one option for…
Actors Seem to Have Amicably Reached Divorce Settlement
Even our readers who have little interest in Hollywood types likely are familiar with high-profile couple Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas. The two actors, married almost 20 years ago, announced their break-up last year. Now the couple's divorce has been finalized, and the divorce papers…
Social Media Can Impact Your Divorce
Most people use social media sites of one type or another. Facebook is obviously the big one right now, but there are also professional sites like Linkedin, photo-sharing sites like Instagram and much more. If you use these and you're getting divorced in California, they…
How Is Alimony Determined in California?
When many California couples divorce, one spouse asks for alimony or spousal support. If a divorcing couple is on amicable terms, they may be able to work this out between themselves with the help of their attorneys or a mediator. This is still done via…
Rosie O’Donnell and Wife Finalize Divorce, Custody Issues
The latest saga in comedienne Rosie O'Donnell's tumultuous love life seems to have been settled peacefully. As many of our readers may recall, O'Donnell wed her partner Kelli Carpenter in San Francisco back in 2004 when then-mayor Gavin Newsom declared same-sex marriages legal. More than a decade…
Tips to Reduce Divorce-Related Stress
Going through a divorce is something that is very stressful. Even if the divorce is planned or if you are the one who initiated the divorce, the stress can still occur. There are some ways that people in the midst of a divorce can help…
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