How to Split Stocks in a Divorce: A California Expert’s Guide
All successful divorce lawyers, in California and every other state, are good at something. They may be good at instilling confidence in their clients. They may be good at listening or mediation or explaining complicated issues. But when you get into the high net worth divorce terrain where people invariably divorce with investments, you want […]
Navigating Property Division in High-Asset Divorces
A Q&A about high-asset divorce asset valuation challenges with Amy Laughlin, UHNW divorce and investment property division lawyer. What don’t most people know about dividing assets in high-net-worth divorce in California? Amy Laughlin, Founder and Partner at Laughlin Legal Divorce & Family Law Group in San Mateo doesn’t even pause to consider the answer to […]
An International Divorce Lawyer on What You Need to Know about International Divorce
Amy Laughlin, Founder and Partner at Laughlin Legal Divorce & Family Law Group, a practice that predominantly serves ultra high net worth clients, has seen her share of international divorces and becomes animated when the subject comes up. “At the risk of sounding alarmist, if people who read this get one thing out of it, […]
Hiring a private judge for divorce in California could save you time and money and preserve your privacy.
Taking a divorce case to court can be exhausting, confusing and stressful. Delays due to courts being overloaded with cases and unpredictable schedule changes can lead couples to feel frustrated and stuck, unable to move forward with their lives despite having already made the choice to leave their marriage behind. Strict procedures, deadlines and paperwork […]
What Legal Challenges Can a Family Lawyer Help You Overcome During a Contentious Divorce?
You’re sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee from a mug you got as a souvenir on a vacation with your spouse. You remember lying on a beach holding hands, reading poems to each other every anniversary on the same bench where you got engaged, simply being happy. You look up at the empty seat […]
What Is a Wife Entitled to in a Divorce in California in 2025?
Navigating any legal situation can be challenging and stressful, but there’s something uniquely grueling about divorce: it’s not just that it hits close to home, often it’s literally the home that’s at stake. The emotional weight of divorce can be exhausting enough. But when you factor in the added weight of trying to understand the […]
What Evidence Can Be Used in Divorce Court?
In 1969, California became the first state in the union to adopt no-fault divorce. The new grounds for divorce: irreconcilable differences, which translates into: no proof needed for divorce. The thinking was that no-fault divorces would be shorter, easier, less expensive and far less contentious than at-fault divorces. In other words, less financially and emotionally […]
How to Find a Divorce Lawyer
In the U.S., lawyers in general aren’t terribly difficult to find. We’re the 5th most litigious country in the world, after all. According to the ABA, “Over the past decade, the number of lawyers nationwide has grown by more than 63,000 – an increase of 5% from 2013 to 2023.” When you’re specifically looking for […]
How Much is a Divorce in California?
Good question. You’ll find a multitude of answers online. Search “how much is a divorce in California” and you’ll see everything from $139 to $26,300 with children, and beyond. The only consensus on the subject is that the average divorce in California costs $17,500, and that’s $2,500 more than it costs in most states. Why? […]
Looking for divorce mediation services in San Mateo? You’re in luck.
You’re in luck because you’re in California, a community property state. And that makes the division of assets simple in that everything acquired during the marriage, both assets and debts, are split 50/50. Sometimes there’s nothing to fight over and the same is often true with the children. The presumption in California is that parents […]