When you and your spouse divorce and you own a California business together, you need to determine how to handle things moving forward. California is a community property state, which means that any business interests acquired during the marriage may be subject to a...
Older adults in California who get a divorce may face certain challenges that are specific to their age group. There are both financial and emotional implications for people in this situation. Financial issues Adults who are near retirement age, or even past...
Are you feeling a strain in your marriage after living in close quarters with your spouse? The longer you spend together in isolation, the more you might consider divorce. If you fear that your marriage is coming to an end and you still live with your soon-to-be ex,...
Your divorce in California might have been finalized, but there's still a few tasks you'll have to complete to ensure that your finances and assets are completely separate. Otherwise, your former spouse might be entitled to a share of your assets and benefits. Here's...
Whether you must pay federal taxes on spousal support depends on when you were divorced. For older divorces, it may also depend on how well you negotiated with your ex-spouse. California state taxes have different rules than federal ones on spousal support taxes....
There is a good chance that your teen will experience a variety of emotions after learning about your divorce. It isn't uncommon for teenagers to have trouble sleeping, experience a decrease in academic performance or become defiant in the weeks or months after their...
There are times when people have trouble in their marriages. Those troubles don’t necessarily mean that they need to divorce, but there are times when a divorce might be the right solution to stop continuous conflicts. If you’re starting to have any of these arguments...
When you announce that you're filing for divorce in California, there's always that one person that claims that they saw it coming. Some signs of divorce are obvious, but other signs can be more subtle. Is it possible to predict that a divorce is on the horizon before...
California is a community property state, which means that joint assets get divided 50/50 in a divorce settlement. In many cases, joint debts are also divided equally between yourself and your spouse. Depending on the specific facts in a divorce proceeding, courts may...
When one spouse cannot become self-supporting after the divorce, he or she can ask the California court to award spousal support. Also called alimony, these payments allow the lower-earning partner to establish a separate household. Before divorcing, review the...
