Reimbursed for Contributions to An Improvement of Real Property
The home is often the most significant asset that couples have to address in a divorce proceeding. If you have owned the house for any length of time, you may…
The home is often the most significant asset that couples have to address in a divorce proceeding. If you have owned the house for any length of time, you may…
When filing for divorce, you have to distribute the community property between the two spouses fairly. You want to make sure that you're receiving fair rental value. However, real estate…
The easy answer to whether the community can develop a monetary interest in a separate property parcel is yes. When a married couple gets divorced, determining what that financial interest…
When you and your spouse divorce, one of the things that you may need to do is sell the former family residence and split the money. But that money doesn't…
Reimbursements - Part 3 of 3 - Repayment of Separate Property Debts I am going to discuss, here, two statutory schemes for reimbursement of a party’s own money applied to…
As promised, this segment will deal with the effect of the changes in Domestic Violence statutes, which became effective on January 1, 2019, on the property rights of the parties.…
As stated in the first installment on this topic, new laws went into effect in California on January 1, 2019, which constitute a significant reform of our domestic violence statutes.…
Figuring out how to split up your assets is one of the most challenging parts of a divorce. What you want and what your spouse wants likely won't match up…
The issue of pet ownership or custody has become more common in recent years. Now Governor Jerry Brown has signed Assembly Bill 2274, which allows the courts to assign joint…
We see a number of attorneys who tend to refuse to permit their clients to enter into any agreements pending what they'll call a "global" settlement. I tend to dislike…