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 […]
How to prevent your divorce from destroying your family? Ask one of the best child custody lawyers.
Amy Laughlin, a divorce and child custody lawyer in San Mateo, knows better than most what’s at stake for the children of divorcing parents. “Nothing trains you to be a great divorce and child custody attorney quite like watching your parents get divorced then getting divorced yourself, then watching hundreds of other parents muddle through it. […]
Breach of Fiduciary Duties in California Divorce: What Are the Consequences of Hiding Assets During Divorce?
California Family Code Section 2104 requires all divorcing couples to disclose to one another under penalty of perjury all of their income, assets, and liabilities within sixty days after filing a Petition or 60 days after filing a Response. Sometimes, a spouse cannot resist the temptation to lie, cheat, or misrepresent their income and assets […]