Your inheritance, well, yes and… In California legally an inheritance is the separate property of the person who receives it. However, whether you get to keep it depends on what you did with it. If you kept your inheritance money in your name and in an account...
Your feelings around your spouse’s infidelity are natural, understandable, and important. Feelings of hurt, betrayal, anger, shock, rage, and so on are to be expected when one’s partner has been unfaithful. Your feelings around the affair, whatever they might be, are...
A recent Google search of the average cost of a divorce estimates $30,000, or $15,000/per person, https://www.thumbtack.com/p/divorce-cost. We all know that divorce is expensive, the filing fee alone is $435 in Sonoma County. So what can you and your...
As a retired Superior Court Family Law Commissioner, I firmly believe that if you can find a way to stay out of court, do so for the following reasons: Time Constraints – The Family Court system is underfunded and understaffed. Even a relatively simple case can...
What with all the anxiety and tension related to the Coronavirus and its upheaval in our lives, the Collaborative Process can be the respite couples want when deciding to divorce in this climate. Many courts have shut down and are not able to help in this time of...