Imagine spending years with a spouse you now realize was unfaithful or abusive behind your back. Perhaps you recently uncovered secret debts or assets being hidden from you. In most states, proof of these misdeeds is not required to get divorced. But here in California, you may still leverage a spouse’s bad acts to protect…
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California Law for Filing One spouse (the petitioner) files a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage and serves the other spouse (the respondent). California has no-fault divorce, so no grounds must be established. The only requirements are that one spouse has lived in California for the past 6 months and in the county of filing for…
Continue reading ›How to Legally Separate in California You’ve decided to take action in your marriage because it isn’t working out as you’d hoped. Ultimately, you have two legal recourses: judicial separation or divorce. The main difference is in the permanence of your decision. When you separate legally, you can live and act as separate individuals but…
Continue reading ›What is a Collaborative Divorce? A collaborative divorce is a method of negotiating a divorce settlement outside of court. In a collaborative divorce, the spouses hire specially trained attorneys and neutral third parties to assist in reaching an agreement. The key feature of a collaborative divorce is that all parties sign an agreement to negotiate…
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