These organizations may help keep your child safe from abuse during divorce. I've never worked with these organizations so please contact as many as necessary and carefully consider using their services. California Department of Social Services and Child Protective Services … [Read more...]
You don’t know someone until you divorce him/her
It happens everyday in divorces. People expect their spouses to behave the same ways they behaved during marriage. They expect their spouses to continue paying the mortgage, children’s tuition, and grocery bills – just like they did during marriage. They expect their … [Read more...]
Everything changes: cancer and divorce
Diagnosed with cancer at age twenty-seven, I was surrounded by patients the age of my grandparents. I felt incredibly alone. After treatment I shed my hospital gown and hit the road, recording intimate conversations with other twenty and thirty-something cancer patients. From … [Read more...]
Quick Facts About Spousal Support, Alimony and Maintenance
If you are negotiating a marital settlement agreement or preparing for a divorce trial that includes a request for alimony, spousal support or maintenance, consider these facts and arguments before your negotiation or litigation begins. Support is not gender based. You or … [Read more...]
Family Support and Unallocated Alimony
Family support and unallocated alimony are support or alimony payments, usually made at regular intervals by a spouse or former spouse to another during and/or after divorce, dissolution or legal separation. Family support and unallocated alimony are payments that are intended to … [Read more...]
Caring for children during and after divorce
Divorce changes all lives it touches. Even the most stable, self confident adult can find their world's been shaken to its core. Children, no matter what their ages, are even more impacted by divorce. Children with less developed emotions, reasoning skills, and coping skills are … [Read more...]