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Recent Celebrity Divorces

Recent celebrity divorces are a key talking point these days. One recent celebrity divorce in particular is regarding New Girl star Zooey Deschanel, she filed for divorce around January 2011. Her divorce is from her husband Ben Gibbard from the band Death Cab for Cutie. The couple married in 2009. There are no children involved…
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Determining the legal reason for a divorce

When considering legal reasons for a divorce, there are two kinds of "grounds." One type is no-fault grounds and the other type is fault grounds. Fault grounds requires that one party prove there some form of misconduct on the part of the other party. No-fault grounds simply mean that the couple can no longer live…
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JLO and Marc Anthony Divorce

After 7 years of marriage Marc Anthony has filed for divorce from Jennifer Lopez. The couple has cited irreconcilable differences. The two have 4 year old twins together. They both came to a mutual decision that divorce was the best option for them. In the court paperwork filed by Mr. Anthony he has requested that…
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CA No-Fault Divorce

In California all divorces are no-fault divorces.  A no-fault divorce is where it doesn’t matter why you are filing for a divorce.  A divorce is a divorce.  In other words you don’t need a reason for filing for divorce.  In California there are only 2 options for filing for a divorce, 1) Irreconcilable differences, or…
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Grounds for Dissolution

California is a “no-fault” state, but does require a party to claim there are grounds for granting the dissolution.  There are two grounds for a dissolution: Irreconcilable differences. Incurable insanity. While I often have clients come in claiming that their soon to be ex spouse is incurably insane, I usually manage to convince them that…
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Basics of Divorce, Legal Separation, and Annulment

There are 3 main ways to end a marriage or registered domestic partnership in California: divorce, legal separation, and annulment. It is not necessary for both spouses or domestic partners to agree to end the marriage. Either spouse or partner can decide to end the marriage, and the other spouse/partner, even if he or she…
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