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- Filing Divorce Petition & Response
- Starting a Divorce
- Property Division (Community & Separate)
- Spousal Support
2023 How to Locate, File and Serve Divorce Papers in California
File and Serve Divorce Papers: Before you start filling out court papers, it’s very important that you know which forms to use, how to provide them to the court, and how to give a copy to your spouse. Getting the right forms to the court and your spouse is based on a specific process. If […]
2023 Calculating Child Support in California
Calculating Child support: The child support formula is in Family Code Section 4055. The formula takes the parents’ custodial time and their total net disposable income to calculate support. Net disposable income is the money you have after you paid taxes. You can figure out your net disposable income by subtracting the taxes you owe, […]
2023 Permanent Spousal Support
Permanent spousal support starts when you finish your divorce. Permanent support doesn’t mean support will be paid forever, but it’s the spousal support order in your divorce agreement. The purpose of permanent support is different from temporary support. Permanent support is paid so the lower earner can maintain the standard of living the spouse had […]
2023 Easy way of Creating a Detailed Parenting Plan for California Divorce
Child Custody: A parenting plan details your responsibilities to care for your children. I’m a big proponent of detailed parenting plans and believe it’s the best way to set yourself up for co-parenting success. With a detailed parenting plan, parents know their parenting role and what to expect from each other. Even if you and […]
What is a Marital Settlement Agreement? (Divorce Agreement)
Who’s Who in Divorce? Divorce Agreement: The spouse that starts the case by filing the first divorce papers is called the Petitioner. The other spouse will be the Respondent, the spouse that responds to the Petitioner’s divorce filing. There’s very little legal difference between Petitioner and Respondent and both have the same legal rights and […]
FL-120 How to Complete the Response Forms for a Divorce in California
How to Complete the Response Forms for a Divorce in California: After the Petition Packet is served, it’s the other spouse’s turn to respond to the Petition Packet. If that is you, you are the Respondent. You’ll complete, serve and file the Response and Request for Dissolution of Marriage, and, if you have minor children, […]
2023 Creating a Detailed Spousal Support Agreement
Creating a Detailed Spousal Support Agreement: When you include permanent support in your agreement, you want to include the amount, when it starts, what days in the month it will be paid, and if agreed, when it will end. You can also add more to the agreement, such as when a spouse needs to start […]
2023 Spousal Support Options
Whether you want Spousal Support Options or not, you must address spousal support for both of you in the divorce agreement. You have four options; you can receive support; you could waive support; you can reserve the issue for later; or you can do a buy-out. Whichever option you choose, it might not be the […]