Divorce

While divorce is hard for all children, it can be particularly tough for teenage children. Just as they are getting used to increased independence and setting their own routines, their world gets thrown into chaos. These are some of the ways divorce can be...

Adultery remains one of the more common causes of modern divorces. Finding out that your spouse has another relationship or conducted a one-night stand outside of your marriage can be a violation of trust and respect that you can't imagine moving on from afterward....

For years, couples marrying in California and elsewhere have certain facts and figures pressed into their brain. For the longest time, the divorce rate in the United States was at or around 50%, which caused the possibility of divorce to be in the forefront of one’s...

Certain steps in a divorce are automatic. If you and your spouse share minor children, for example, issuing a temporary child support order as part of the early custody arrangements usually occurs quickly and without a specific request from the person filing for...

Child support modifications can be an important concern for parents paying or receiving child support. The family law process provides a process for requesting a child support modification that parents struggling with child support should be familiar with. A child...

Married couples at all stages of life may own a home. Young couples in the Visalia area may have purchased their starter home, middle-aged couples may be raising their family in their forever home and retirees may have downsized to a smaller home. However, what all...

A disability can affect almost every aspect of a person's life, and the lives of everyone in that person's family. What happens when the family splits up in a divorce? How does disability affect child custody? First off, California courts cannot deny parents their...

This blog recently considered the different types of child custody arrangements that may be available to parents and their children in California. It can also be helpful to take a look at, and understand, how child custody is determined in California. Child custody is...

Property division may be a concern that is high on the list of concerns for divorcing spouses. Understanding what that process looks like can help divorcing couples protect their interests and develop a property division settlement agreement that meets their needs...

Parents in California who are no longer in a relationship with one another will have to make the important decision of who will have the child in their care and when. Physical custody can be sole or joint, but even in joint custody situations, it is likely that one...