The state of California allows couples to end their marriages through both divorce mediation and traditional divorce litigation. Divorce litigation involves one or both parties to a marriage filing for divorce and the parties approaching the resolution of their...
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Drop off and pick up times, locations are child custody matters
When creating a child custody order, two Stockton parents may agree that they will transfer their child from parent to parent at 5 o'clock in the evening on their transfer days. However, if their order stipulates nothing else about the transfers, they may face...
Can I mediate my alimony dispute outside of a courtroom?
Although mediation may seem informal, it is a legal process through which individuals may settle their differences and emerge with binding agreements that dictate how they will interact in the future. California couples may choose to use mediation to settle some or...
Are you in need of rehabilitative support?
Depending upon the circumstances of a California couple's divorce, spousal support may be available for one of the involved parties. Support or spousal maintenance generally takes the form of a monthly payment that is provided from an income-earning individual to his...
Child support can end before a child becomes an adult
Child support is intended to provide financial support for a minor whose parents are not married and who primarily resides with only one of his parents. In California, child support orders dictate how much support a parent must pay for the upbringing of his child or...
How do I navigate property division?
A California divorce enables married partners to separate their lives in both tangible and intangible ways. The divorce process severs the marital relationship between the married people and allows them to exist as single individuals. It also facilitates the division...
Child custody and the role of fault in a divorce
In story that has made headlines all across the country, a website that promoted and facilitated affairs among married people was recently hacked and the information of some purported participants was made public. The affair-based social media site shines a painful...
Are there benefits to using mediation for my custody proceeding?
There are many benefits to using mediation during a California child custody matter. Some of those benefits are financial while others are more intangible and emotional. This post will explore some of the major advantages parties can derive from the mediated custody...
Child custody issues in the face of parental relocation
Stockton children who split their time between the households of their parents can have very different child custody experiences. When the children's parents get along and live in the same community, the transition between house to house may be relatively peaceful. If...
Are you worried about your high asset divorce?
How different California couples choose to prepare for their lives in marriage can vary greatly. Similarly, how those couples then choose to approach the challenging process of divorce can also be very different. Whether the couples have kids, own property or have...
