Many Stockton residents may feel as though they could benefit from decluttering their lives. Whether it is cleaning out overstuffed closets or going through boxes or long-stored files, there are many ways that individuals can lessen what they are responsible for and...
High Asset Divorce
How do I navigate property division?
A California divorce enables married partners to separate their lives in both tangible and intangible ways. The divorce process severs the marital relationship between the married people and allows them to exist as single individuals. It also facilitates the division...
Are you worried about your high asset divorce?
How different California couples choose to prepare for their lives in marriage can vary greatly. Similarly, how those couples then choose to approach the challenging process of divorce can also be very different. Whether the couples have kids, own property or have...
California court answers question about separation before divorce
The events that precipitate divorces can play out quickly or may develop over long periods of time. A single event may be enough to tear Stockton spouses apart; nagging issues between a husband and his wife may also slowly deteriorate a long-term relationship. Whether...
Challenges are not uncommon during a high asset divorce
There is no doubt that California has more than a few residents of exceedingly high wealth. Several of the state's major cities serve as international hubs for industries such as technology and entertainment. With power players and industry leaders living and working...
A later-in-life divorce may affect your finances
Divorce can happen at any stage of a San Joaquin County couple's marriage. The partners to the relationship may discover shortly after tying the knot that they are not compatible as a married couple. The discovery that they should not be married may not occur until...
High net worth issues make some divorces particularly unique
The parties to marital dissolutions make every divorce different. No two California couples will have exactly the same successes and problems as they work through their familial and property responsibilities. It can seem, however, that the more property a couple has,...
Marital debts follow same rules as marital property in divorce
Anyone who has gone through or who has looked into divorce in California may have come across terms like "community property" and "separate property." These terms are associated with how a person's owned items may be classified when a court divides a divorcing...
Distinguishing what is separate property after a divorce
It is not unusual these days for couples in California to get married later in life. Unlike a couple that marries for the first time in their 20's, when a couple marries for the first time in their 40's, each spouse may have already accrued a significant amount of...
Make good financial decisions before a California divorce
Whether a reader of this California family law blog earns a large income or a modest one, he will want to make smart decisions about his finances before, during and after divorce. Divorce can force a person to divide his wealth with his spouse and, in some cases, pay...