Navigating a high-asset divorce in California requires advance planning, meticulous financial analysis, and strategic advocacy. This article provides a brief overview of the three issues most often at the forefront of high-asset marital dissolutions: asset valuation, property division and support. California Property Division What to [...]
Have you ever considered recording a conversation with co-parent, ex or a third party that you believe may be helpful to your California family law case? Before you press “record,” it is critical to understand California’s strict recording laws and how they apply in family [...]
Divorcing couples in California struggle with the Shakespearean query: "To be or not to be"; in modern terms: “To mediate or not to mediate.” Mediation, like any legal process, comes with its own unique set of advantages and disadvantages. [...]
DISCLAIMER: This article is not a substitute for professional legal advice. This article does not create an attorney-client relationship, nor is it a solicitation to offer legal advice. Some fear that moving out of the marital home may put [...]
When people hear the term “restraining order,” they often associate it with wrongdoing or punishment. Put simply, a restraining order is a legal tool designed to protect a party or parties by limiting certain actions during a legal case. In family law, this protective tool [...]
“You’re dead.” My hand was on the gun, but he was too close—and his knife was even closer. I exhaled, realizing I’d been holding my breath. I was going to pull the trigger. [...]
While celebrity couples are not necessarily “average” people when it comes to divorce and custody matters, the well-known idiom “we all put our pants on one leg at a time,” does come to mind. In divorce, celebrities face [...]
Co-parenting with a high-conflict person (“HCP”) can be mentally, physically, emotionally, and even financially draining. HCPs frequently engage in patterns of high conflict behavior that increase, rather than reduce or avoid, conflict. The conduct can be intentional, defensive, sporadic, [...]
If you live in California, have a child under the age of 18 or not legally emancipated, and do not cohabitate with the other parent, you may have come across the term "guideline child support.” You may wonder what it means and how “guideline child [...]