As a family, you enjoyed your summer vacations, traveling down the California coast one year, taking the Disneyland trip the next. While your family might look different this summer, post-divorce, that doesn’t mean that both parents can’t have special times with the...
Month: April 2020
High cost of living necessitates a divorce budget
One of the more difficult aspects of divorce is having to ensure that you have financial independence. This can be a big challenge in Sonoma County, which has a higher cost of living. For most people, the end of a marriage means moving from two incomes down to just...
Sharing important days can be a good rule for your parenting plan
When you begin working on the logistics for your divorce, it is common for you and your ex to try to divvy up parenting time as thoroughly as possible. For many couples, alternating weekends, alternating weeks or even alternating holidays will be the ideal solution...
General conservatorship over a special needs child who turns 18
Parents with special-needs children may sometimes claim they need to seek guardianship of their child when they become adults, but California uses slightly different terminology for this kind of situation. In a situation where someone's physical or mental disability...
Keep positivity at the heart of child custody matters
Working out disagreements with an ex isn’t something that always comes easy, but parents who are divorced find themselves in this position often. Instead of dwelling on the negative aspects of the situation, you might be able to reduce the difficulty of things by...