After divorce, a parent may choose to move away from the children. This may arise as a result of wishing to be closer to family or starting a new life in a different city. Jobs may also cause a parent to move away. In California, a judge cannot force a parent to...
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What could help make child custody matters easier in a divorce?
Making decisions about child custody in a divorce can be complicated and often emotional. But it is essential that you learn how to go about the situation without allowing feelings to cause problems. Ideally, when you are working out child custody, you should only...
Preparing your finances for property division during your divorce
If you are facing divorce, you are probably concerned about the property division phase of the proceedings. Preparing your finances in advance. Becoming well organized will make the process go more smoothly. Pull your financial records together Becoming organized...
Do you need a separation agreement?
If two spouses decide to part ways, bypassing a separation agreement may prove costly. Going right into divorce proceedings may do more harm than good at the onset of separation. A separation agreement is a legal document that sets out the terms by which a couple...
Tips to protect your children during your divorce
Divorce is stressful for everyone involved. It can be a confusing and challenging time for children as they learn to accept their parents are no longer together. You should take every step possible to protect your children from the negativity that often occurs during...
Helping your children cope with the uncertainty of divorce
Divorce can completely change your family dynamic. Your children will notice these changes and could react in a number of different ways depending on age and maturity. Given the uncertainty, it is not unlikely for your children to experience resentment, anger,...
Who gets the family home in a divorce?
Part of divorce proceedings is the categorization and division of assets according to California law. Like all assets in a California divorce case, what happens to the house depends on whether it is marital or separate property? Is the house marital or separate...
How married couples can keep property separate
People never enter marriages intending them to end in divorce. In reality, though, not all unions survive. Divorce courts are responsible for separating assets between splitting partners. They consider everything to be marital property unless contradictory proof is...
What you need to know about parental alienation
A divorce can be difficult to deal with for many reasons. One of them is that it will impact a child's relationships with their parents. This situation can become even more difficult if one of the parents tries to cause alienation between their child and the other...
Protecting the parent-child relationship after divorce
Divorce is challenging for every member of a dissolving family, but it is an especially difficult time for the children involved. Though divorce affects them immensely, children are not always aware of the details of what is happening to their family, which can make...