California Divorce Law

What is Family Law?

Legal issues pertaining to the family can be highly emotional and bitterly contentious. It is important to know your rights, the rights of any children you may have, and how the process will unfold. The law firm of Dishon and Block specializes in all aspects of California family law, including the following:

• Prenuptial Agreements

• Marriage, Civil Unions, Domestic Partnerships

• Paternity, Paternal Rights and Liabilities, Paternity Fraud and Testing

• Fertility and Surrogacy

• Adoption, Guardianship, Foster Care, Child Emancipation

• Domestic Violence, Spousal Abuse, Child Abuse, Child Abduction

• Separation, Divorce and Annulment

Top Attorneys 2011 List – Family Law – Orange County, California

Irvine, CA – Dishon, Block and Kaufman, APC make the 2011 AVVO list. AVVO is a Seattle based firm that ranks lawyers based on a mathematical model that considers years of experience, board certification, education, disciplinary history, professional achievement and industry recognition.

Aaron Dishon is Managing Partner at Dishon & Block. Mr. Dishon is a Certified Family Law Specialist, Family Law, Divorce Attorney, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.

The Gavron Warning

One of the most common questions we get asked here at Dishon & Block is whether spousal support must be paid forever. Many people had been married for decades and after divorce were made to pay significant monthly alimony or spousal support payments. We often hear stories of how previous legal counsel told them they would have to pay for years and perhaps even decades with no hope for termination or even reduction.

Well, we’re here to tell you this is not the case. California state law dictates that spousal support is not permanent! In fact, depending on circumstance it might only last a few years. In other cases, it can last for decades; but often the amount paid can be reduced significantly.

Spousal Support: The Big Picture

Divorce is life changing. There’s loss of family, heartache and separation of equity and marital assets. What you’ve been building and creating over your adult life in a moment can get torn to shreds. And when it comes to trying to reassemble your life, you may be faced with paying years—perhaps decades—of spousal support.

How much and for how long? This is the main question we get asked here at Dishon & Block when it comes to spousal support. Also known as “alimony” and “maintenance,” spousal support is a financial obligation many would rather not face. But in California, it is mandated law. It is the obligation for one spouse to provide the other spouse with financial support upon marital separation.

What is an Order to Show Cause Hearing?

When starting the divorce process in California, you may hear the phrase Order to Show Cause used quite frequently. An Order to Show Cause is a hearing that typically takes place in between filing for a divorce and the final divorce decree. Typically, the Order to Show Cause hearing is set to handle issues that are too important to wait until the actual trial. These orders will temporarily settle child custody, child or spousal support, and also protective orders keep people safe from harm while awaiting the divorce trial. While these are the most common uses of the Order to Show Cause hearing, there is one other that you should be aware of.

Hire a hit man to murder your spouse, go directly to jail. . Do not collect $200.00!!

Schwarzenegger Approves Spouse Protection Bill

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill to protect men and women from vengeful spouses. The governor on Friday signed AB2674 by Assemblyman Marty Block, a Democrat from San Diego. It says that spouses who solicit the murder of their husband or wife are not entitled to collect benefits in divorce proceedings. The bill was inspired by the true-life story of a Pomona police detective, John Pomroy. His ex-wife collected about $70,000 from the couple’s estate after she was convicted of soliciting a hit man to murder him in 2003.

Until now, California’s no-fault divorce code was silent on such efforts. A couple’s shared assets are usually split evenly during a divorce. The bill takes effect in January.

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