Category Archives: Divorce lawyers in Orange CA

What is Community Property?

Any property that one obtains during a marriage is known as community property. Under the law community property is to be split 50/50 during the divorce. Community property is also property obtained during marriage and before the couple separated. Although at times property is only in one of the spouses names the law will recognize…
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Finalizing your Divorce or Separation: Common Problems

When you are finalizing your divorce or separation, there are a lot of forms to prepare and keep track of. If you are unclear in your requests on the forms or if you've left things unanswered, the court will not file them and you will delay your case. Often times when these forms are wrongly…
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Divorce: Separate Property

Before you got married or entered a registered domestic partnership, anything you owned before that time is separate property and so are gifts and  inheritances if they are made to only one spouse even if they are obtained during the marriage or domestic partnership. Separate property is also any profits or income earned from your…
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The Options when Handling a Divorce

When you are starting a divorce procedure, there are several options you have to choose from. These options will determine how much professional legal representation you have and there are pros and cons to each. You can choose from: -Full lawyer representation which means you'd be with an attorney throughout the court proceedings. You might also apply…
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What Does an Amicable Divorce Look Like?

An Orange County Family Law Attorney writes: Amicable divorces are beneficial to all parties involved because they reduce the amount of stress involved in an already emotional process. In California, the judicial system favors a divorce in which both parties can agree to the terms before going to court. Judges will often send parties to…
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Discussing Divorce with Your Kids

Talking about divorce with your kids can be difficult no matter what their age but here are several phrases that you should never use when approaching this topic with your children. -Your Mother/Father is..... -I don't want to get a divorce from your Mom/Dad, but your Mom/Dad doesn't want to work on it with me... -If you…
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Collaborative Divorce

Defined as: A process for resolving divorce and other similar family issues by good faith negotiation on a cooperative, voluntary basis without litigation. One way of handling your divorce or separation is to get a collaborative divorce or 'collaborative law'. This is when you and your spouse or domestic partner, each with your own legal counsel, sit and…
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What is Needed for a Divorce

When choosing to get a divorce California has a No Fault divorce meaning you do not need to prove that your spouse has wronged you to be eligible for a divorce. What is needed is to decide if you will be retaining an attorney and what issues are pertinent to your specific case. For instance,…
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Responding to Divorce or Separation Petition in Orange County

If your partner or spouse is asking the courts for a divorce (dissolution) or a legal separation, they are asking the court to end their relationship with you. Either spouse in a marriage or partner in a domestic relationship can ask for this action. In Orange County, California as long as one person in the relationship requests it, the…
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Responding to Divorce or Separation

Either spouse in a marriage or partner in a registered domestic partnership can ask the court to end their legal relationship. If you have been served with a petition and summons for dissolution (divorce) or legal separation, your spouse or domestic partner is asking the court to end your relationship. In California, as long as…
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