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Easing the tension surrounding divorce and family law issues with high-level service in a stress-free environment.
Nothing makes your divorce or family law matter complicated or expensive more quickly than heading to family court. You and your spouse may become very emotional and exaggerate your circumstances as you describe your marriage to the judge who will make decisions about...
As you go through your divorce, you’ll run into issues that you and your spouse argue over. You may not have the same opinion on the custody arrangements for your children or be undecided on how to divide your assets. To help you get through these issues, it helps to...
As a parent, the last thing you want is for your child to suffer as a result of a choice you’ve had to make. When you decide to divorce your spouse, you know that you’ll have to divide your family. How divided it becomes will depend on a number of factors, such as how...
When you’re divorcing and have many significant assets, you may need to take a different approach than usual. While California is a community property state, meaning that you should divide your assets around 50/50, it is possible that you could divide your property...
When you and your spouse are divorcing but have disputes to resolve, you have a few options for doing so. You could arbitrate or litigate, but one other option to consider first is mediation. Mediation is less formal than those other two options, and it allows you to...
If the court has to determine your custody arrangement, they're going to do so with the best interests of the child in mind. That is their overall goal. The desires of the parents do play into this, but the court will always attempt to put the child first. This often...
It has become increasingly popular for spouses and co-parents to pursue mediation as the go-to method for resolving their differences on family law matters such as property division and child custody. This type of alternative dispute resolution aims to help two...
In custody cases, one of the most contentious issues that can arise is parental relocation. When parents need to relocate, they may want to take their children with them. That’s not always possible, depending on the current custody arrangements and how far away they...
Litigation can be messy and expensive, which is why many couples turn to mediation to make divorce a little easier. Divorce mediation involves couples who want to settle their own matters working with their own attorneys and a professional mediator. Typically, this...
When you and your spouse talk about your upcoming divorce, do you feel like it sometimes turns hostile? You want to get along and you want this to all go smoothly, but it just feels like every conversation devolves into an argument. If so, you may simply want to...