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Weekly Divorce Tip: Dismissing your Divorce Case
July 21, 2008 by 2 Comments
Strangely enough, divorce can often lead to reconciliations where husbands and wives recommit to their marriages. If this has happened to you and you would like to stop your legal divorce, dissolution or legal separation, you may be able to dismiss your case unilaterally (without your husband’s consent) or jointly with your husband’s agreement, as Read More…
A Divorce Lawyer’s Quick Tip
July 11, 2008 by Leave a Comment
If you live in California and you are representing yourself in any family law matter, the California Courts: Self-Help Center has a wealth of information available online that you may access for FREE. Lawyers like myself use it almost daily to quickly review Local Family Court Rules, download fillable Divorce Forms, research California case law Read More…
Last Night on Larry King Live: Celebrity Divorces Gone Wild
July 8, 2008 by 2 Comments
For those who may have missed it, the main topic on Larry King Live last night was divorce. And not just any old divorce, but knock down, kick em in the *** celebrity divorce. Most notable were Christie Brinkley’s (hell hath no fury like a woman scorned) divorce from her 47 year old architect, philandering Read More…
Inspiration
July 7, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Faith is belief in the unseen, the quietly held conviction that even though you can’t imagine how, at some time, in some place, in the right way, the thing you desire will indeed come to pass. ~Daphne Rose Kingma (Author of Coming Apart: Why Relationships End and How to Live Through the Ending of Yours)
Divorce News Now
July 1, 2008 by Leave a Comment
For those of you who missed my introduction last week to this new feature….it’s time to catch up, so here’s the intro again. Because divorce is such a normal part of life, articles, posts and discussions about divorce appear on the web everyday. Some of these pieces focus on the latest celebrity divorces or “shocking” Read More…
The Financial Facts Behind Divorce written by Gabrielle Clemens, JD, LLM, CDFA
June 21, 2008 by Leave a Comment
While it may seem counter-intuitive, the more common divorce becomes, the more complicated it gets. One might expect that because about half of today’s first marriages end in divorce (and around 60 percent of second marriages) the law, the process, even the outcome would become standardized, predictable even. Yet nothing could be farther from the Read More…
Weekly Divorce Tip: Drafting your Marital Settlement Agreement or Divorce Agreement
June 10, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Once you and your husband have come to an agreement about the terms of your divorce (e.g. property division, child custody, child support, spousal support, etc.), it is time to put your agreement in writing. Because every state and county has different rules and requirements for drafting legal agreements, and because your final agreement, once Read More…
Weekly Divorce Tip: Keeping Your Case on Track
June 3, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Do you feel as though you’ve been in the process of divorce since the beginning of time? Are you ready to wrap it up and move on with life? If you are, take these steps to assess the situation and ascertain what, if anything, you can do to finalize your divorce. 1. Use our Divorce Read More…
