If the judge decides to award spousal support in your divorce, there are a couple of options for how that can happen. State law provides choices in the way the support works to suit various needs and situations. The judge will typically make the decision about which...
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When do you qualify for a former spouse’s Social Security?
Many people in California make professional sacrifices when they enter into marriage. This is particularly common among women, many of whom wind up giving up their education or careers so that they may stay home and raise a family. How much you worked in a particular...
What are the benefits of mediation?
If you are like most couples, you do not want to draw out your divorce. Whether you and your spouse have a contentious relationship or something more cordial, mediation can help you move through the process quickly. Mediation allows you to settle your disputes, divide...
Could your prenup be invalid?
Before you walked down the aisle, you and your husband or wife talked through a prenuptial agreement. Even though these agreements can benefit both spouses, they often are more valuable to certain women. Indeed, according to reporting from U.S. News and World Report,...
Do more assets make a divorce harder?
Assets do have an intrinsic tie to matters of divorce in many ways. For example, financial reasons are a main cited reason for couples seeking divorce in the first place. But after that point, how much do assets impact divorces? Assets as a trigger for divorce...
Is it possible to change or update a prenuptial agreement?
Even though many older couples walked down the aisle without first signing prenuptial agreements, these premarital contracts are becoming increasingly common with younger Americans. In fact, according to Market Watch, roughly 40% of individuals between the ages of 18...
Using mediation to help with asset division in a divorce
Dividing assets during a divorce can be a stressful and emotional experience, even for couples splitting up on amicable terms. Material and financial resources not only represent security for many, but they may also have value beyond their monetary worth. While...
Rich couples may actually argue less over assets
Popular myth states that the more assets a couple has, the more vicious their divorce will surely be. Of course, there is surely some truth to that, or else it would not have become so well-known. However, it may not be as accurate as some people think. In fact,...
Is your spouse actively hiding assets?
When a spouse attempts to hide assets in a divorce situation, they will usually do so actively, passively or both. These two types of asset hiding both happen in different ways, and different people tend to rely on one over the other. Mixing tactics is not uncommon,...
3 considerations in a California gray divorce
Divorces do not bear the same stigma in the U.S. as they did in the past. As a result, they are not as uncommon as before. Gray divorces are also on the rise. However, while they are the same in many ways as other divorces, they also include different considerations....
