Your Family, Your Future
This can be an extremely tricky subject to handle. When a married couple gets a child, it is presumed that the husband is the child’s biological father and his name is included on the birth certificate. Consequently, he becomes the child’s legal father. And this is...
Living in Sonoma County, one of the things you love about where you live now is that your home is affordable, and you and your spouse are able to live comfortably in the area. You know that you are going to need a decent income to keep up with the expenses you’ll have...
When parents get divorced, studies have found that children’s academic scores tend to drop. Their test scores decline while their parents are going through the divorce itself. This effect can also last beyond the divorce, and there is an overall lower level of...
The closer to retirement age you are, the more important your retirement savings will be in your California divorce. When you picture your future, it may be your retirement years that you envision, and for some people, enjoying those years is the motivation for filing...
Divorce has a way of making people emotional and pushing them to act in unpredictable ways. People often want to feel vindicated through divorce proceedings and hope to punish their ex for what they view as unfair treatment during their married life. All too often,...
Spousal support, often referred to as alimony, is one of the things you may have to deal with after a divorce. How is the amount of support arrived at, and how long do these payments last? It’s a question many have, and the answer depends on the circumstances of the...
You decided that you want to divorce, but you haven't yet told your spouse. You're concerned about when exactly you should do this and how you should approach it. This is a sensitive subject, of course, but it's one that you're going to need to talk about eventually....
Whether you want to or not, you may still have to interact with your ex after the divorce. The most clear example of this is if you have children together. If you share custody, then you're still going to see each other when making exchanges and you'll have to...
When you and your spouse decided that a divorce was the right route for your relationship to take, you also realized how this could impact your children. One of the things you’ve been seeing more of is people talking about nesting. Nesting, which would require you to...
Financial issues may have contributed to the deterioration of relations between you and your spouse. In fact, financial disagreements are among the leading contributors to divorce in the U.S. Throughout the divorce process, finances will also play a key role....
