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Last Entry: August 05, 2010 at 12:53:24

San Jose Divorce Attorney Discusses Legal Separation vs. Divorce

Posted on April 01, 2009
San Jose Divorce Attorney Discusses Legal Separation vs. Divorce Even though a marriage is going under, some people are not ready to take the steps towards getting a legal divorce. This could be because the parties may want to reconcile or do not want to break their ties completely yet...

San Jose Divorce Lawyer Discusses Hague Convention?s Custody Provisions in News Lately

Posted on March 20, 2009
San Jose Divorce Lawyer Discusses Hague Convention?s Custody Provisions in News Lately The United States is one of 68 nations that is a signatory to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. It provides a mechanism for the expeditious return of child wrongly taken from one member state to another...

Fremont Divorce Attorney Discusses Tax Time and Family Law

Posted on March 16, 2009
Fremont Divorce Attorney Discusses Tax Time and Family Law It?s tax season again, and for families involved in the family law court system, one of the issues is nearly always who is going to claim the child on their taxes, better known as the dependency exemption...

Sacramento Divorce Lawyer Discusses Jon and Kate Plus 8 Rumored to Be Splitting

Posted on March 16, 2009
Sacramento Divorce Lawyer Discusses Jon and Kate Plus 8 Rumored to Be Splitting The internet is abuzz with rumors that Jon and Kate Gosselin, of Jon and Kate Plus 8 fame, are splitting up. Putting aside the actual truth of such a rumor, let?s examine the many issues a divorce with eight children and a tv show produces...

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San Jose Divorce Attorney Discusses Spousal Support and Child Support

Posted on March 09, 2009
San Jose Divorce Attorney Discusses Spousal Support and Child Support The issue of spousal support and child support is one of contention among parties of divorce. There are times when spousal support or child support is set higher than what a party can pay...

Fremont Divorce Attorney Discusses Divorce and Children

Posted on March 03, 2009

San Jose Divorce Lawyer discusses Chris Brown and Rihanna: When to File for a Restraining Order

Posted on February 24, 2009
San Jose Divorce Lawyer discusses Chris Brown and Rihanna: When to File for a Restraining Order By now we all know that Rihanna and her boyfriend Chris Brown were in a physical altercation last week. Perhaps the question on everyone?s mind (besides why did he do it), is should Rihanna be seeking a restraining order against him? Or did she get one from the police? In California, there are two main types of restraining orders available to victims of domestic violence: domestic violence restraining orders, and criminal protective orders...

Sacramento Divorce Lawyer discusses divorce and dividing assets

Posted on February 20, 2009
Sacramento Divorce Lawyer discusses divorce and dividing assets Not all divorce cases are contentious cases where the parties are fighting over every penny of their estate. Many times, there are ways where the parties are able to resolve their issues on their own and have very amicable divorces...

Redwood City Divorce Attorney Discusses Common Forms and Hearings You May Encounter in your Family Law Case

Posted on February 19, 2009
Redwood City Divorce Attorney Discusses Common Forms and Hearings You May Encounter in your Family Law Case Anybody who is involved in a family law case has probably thought to themselves ?what a lot of paperwork!? Family law cases, whether they are divorce, paternity, support or other actions, involve lots of forms, requiring personal information, and frequently, multiple court appearances...

San Jose Divorce Lawyer Discusses Santa Clara County Issues New Local Rule on Tentative Rulings

Posted on February 13, 2009
San Jose Divorce Lawyer Discusses Santa Clara County Issues New Local Rule on Tentative Rulings It?s a new year, and that means new rules in many county courts. Santa Clara County has implemented a new local rule regarding tentative rulings in family law matters...

Fremont Divorce Lawyer Discusses The Rainbow of Visitation Schedules

Posted on February 10, 2009
Fremont Divorce Lawyer Discusses The Rainbow of Visitation Schedules This morning, I had a case where the parents were on a complicated visitation schedule that involved an exchange nearly every day. Neither parent particularly loved this schedule, but neither parent wanted to lose time...

San Jose Divorce Attorney Discusses Child Support

Posted on February 06, 2009
San Jose Divorce Attorney Discusses Child Support Is the father of those octuplets liable for child support? With all the hubbub surrounding the recent birth of a set of octuplets in California, information has begun to filter out about the family situation of these children...

Sacramento Divorce Lawyer Disccusses the Effects of Divorce on Children

Posted on February 03, 2009
Sacramento Divorce Lawyer Disccusses the Effects of Divorce on Children During a divorce, it is always hard for the kids to deal with their parents separation. Many kids feel abandonment or even that it is their fault that their parents are getting divorced...

San Jose Divorce Attorney Discusses Bifurcation?Termination of Status

Posted on January 28, 2009
San Jose Divorce Attorney Discusses Bifurcation?Termination of Status The common myth in divorce is that a person is automatically ?divorced? after six months from the date of filing. However, this is not true. A person is only qualified to be ?divorced? if all issues including community property have been resolved...

Fremont Divorce Attorney Discusses Notice of Divorce

Posted on January 19, 2009
Fremont Divorce Attorney Discusses Notice of Divorce Deciding to get a divorce is a difficult decision, sometimes made more difficult by the fact that you may no know where your spouse is to tell them that you want to get a divorce. This happens more than people think...

San Jose Divorce Attorney Discusses Date of Separation Issues

Posted on January 13, 2009
San Jose Divorce Attorney Discusses Date of Separation Issues Kate Walsh, Star of Private Practice, Getting Divorced After Only 15 Months of Marriage ? Dispute Arises Over Date of Separation In December, Kate Walsh?s husband, Alex Young, filed for dissolution of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences...

Sacramento Divorce Attorney Discusses Joint Physical Custody

Posted on January 05, 2009
Sacramento Divorce Attorney Discusses Joint Physical Custody Many fathers believe that mothers always get physical custody of the children, but while that may have been true 20 or 30 years ago, things are a lot different now, especially here in California...

San Mateo Family Law Attorney Talks About Public Policy and Settlements

Posted on December 30, 2008
San Mateo Family Law Attorney Talks About Public Policy and Settlements When a couple begins or is going through a divorce, there is one piece of consistent advice that is given. Settle. The couple will hear their attorneys, the judge, and their friends who all tell them to settle as quickly and as soon as possible...

San Jose Divorce Lawyer Discusses Custody and Visitation

Posted on December 22, 2008
San Jose Divorce Lawyer Discusses Custody and Visitation Recently, a child named Isabella?s parents have been in the news, as the parents challenge each other for custody and visitation of Isabella. What?s so special about Isabella? Her parents are two women ? she has two moms...

Sacramento Divorce Lawyer Discusses the Relevance of Sexual Conduct in Custody Disputes

Posted on December 08, 2008
Sacramento Divorce Lawyer Discusses the Relevance of Sexual Conduct in Custody Disputes Have you ever wondered if your sexual preferences, either for partners or behaviors, might impact your custody dispute? Lots of people have former partners who threaten to use their sexual past against them, not realizing its rarely relevant to a custody dispute...

San Jose Divorce Attorney Talks About Subleasing

Posted on December 08, 2008
San Jose Divorce Attorney Talks About Subleasing As many soon to be divorced parties know, a divorce can take a long time. It is common to find a divorce taking almost a year or longer before all the issues are resolved. One of the main issues will always be the family residence...

Fremont Divorce Attorney Discusses Christmas, Hanukah and Eid ? Holidays and Children in Family Law Cases

Posted on December 03, 2008
Fremont Divorce Attorney Discusses Christmas, Hanukah and Eid ? Holidays and Children in Family Law Cases As the holidays approach, many parents face the dilemma of how to split the holidays with their children. After all, every parent wishes to spend Christmas, Thanksgiving and other important holidays with their children ? these holidays revolve around families...

Sacramento Divorce Attorney Discusses Domestic Partnerships

Posted on November 25, 2008
Sacramento Divorce Attorney Discusses Domestic Partnerships Domestic partners are unmarried couples, of the same or opposite sex, who live together and seek economic and noneconomic benefits granted to their married counterparts. In a few states, domestic partnership status is offered and regulated by the state and grants many of the rights and responsibilities of marriage...

San Jose Family Law Attorney Discusses Child Support Enforcement

Posted on November 18, 2008
San Jose Family Law Attorney Discusses Child Support Enforcement California is the most populous state in the United State, which poses numerous challenges for California Child Support enforcement authorities. California Child Support is determined using guidelines established by state law...

San Jose Family Law Attorney Discusses Adoption

Posted on November 15, 2008
San Jose Family Law Attorney Discusses Adoption November 15, 2008 is National Adoption Day! National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to promote awareness of the 129,000 children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families, as well as those families that have been happily created through the adoption process...

Fremont Family Law Attorney Discusses Division of Assets

Posted on November 11, 2008
Fremont Family Law Attorney Discusses Division of Assets Besides matters relating to children, the division of assets is often the most hotly contested issue that arises during divorce proceedings. Over the course of a marriage, a couple?s finances become intimately intertwined and separating finances can prove time consuming and frustrating...

San Jose Family Law Attorney Discusses Common Misconceptions in Family Law

Posted on November 06, 2008
San Jose Family Law Attorney Discusses Common Misconceptions in Family Law True or False: Husbands can?t get alimony False. California law provides for spousal support, as it is known, in any dissolution, regardless of the gender of the party seeking support...

San Jose Family Law Attorney Discusses Post-Nuptial and Pre-Marital Agreements:

Posted on November 04, 2008
San Jose Family Law Attorney Discusses Post-Nuptial and Pre-Marital Agreements: A Post-Nuptial Agreement, sometimes referred to as an After Marriage Agreement, is a written document signed by parties to a marriage that sets out how they agree to have property divided, spousal support determined and attorneys fees paid in the future if the marriage ends in divorce...

Redwood City Family Law Attorney Discusses Proposition 8: Marriage v. Domestic Partnerships

Posted on October 31, 2008
Redwood City Family Law Attorney Discusses Proposition 8: Marriage v. Domestic Partnerships As Californians get ready to vote for president next week, they are also considering whether to vote for or against Proposition 8. Proposition 8 is a constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman...

San Jose Divorce Attorney Discusses Santa Clara County Court Locations

Posted on October 27, 2008
San Jose Divorce Attorney Discusses Santa Clara County Court Locations Santa Clara County opened up a north county location for family law cases in January of 2008 in Sunnyvale. This new location meant that parties living in North County would not have to travel to downtown San Jose to have their family law matters heard in court...

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