Spousal support (also known as alimony) in California is a court-ordered payment from one spouse or domestic partner to help cover the other's monthly expenses. It is intended to help the lower-earning spouse maintain their standard of living after the divorce. There are two types of spousal …
Divorced Dads
Overwhelmingly, in a divorce settlement, the primary custody of the children goes to the mom. This often leaves Orange County dads out in the cold. Sometimes dads don’t even try to get custody because they feels it is a lost cause. It may seem that the dads are kind of overlooked in the whole …
Gray Divorce
The divorce rate has doubled for people over 50 since 1990, according to the AARP. This is for a variety of reasons: people living longer, children not being used to stay together, and a smaller stigma about couples splitting. Also, there are more women working, and some are earning more than their …
Retirement Division in California
Marital property division is much more complex that you might realize, especially in California. It can make the divorce process last months or even years. "Marital property" isn't just the land you live on, in fact, it's much more. One of the more complex issues surrounding a California divorce …
No More Robots!
A guest post from Dr. Karen Finn: When you got married, chances are it was a happy occasion and you had dreams of “Happily Ever After.” Leaving the idea of “Happily Ever After” and getting to the point in a marriage when divorce becomes a viable option is usually extremely painful and confusing. …
Tips for Baby Boomers
A fairly new term in the divorce world is "Gray Divorce," referring to the rising rate of divorce among baby boomers. Given that the rate is rising fast enough in California to coin a term, we thought we'd share HuffPost's best tips for baby boomers going through a divorce or separation. …
The Rising Popularity of Postnuptial Agreements
According to the California Family Code a married couple is in a “fiduciary” relationship, which is, they are duty bound to deal fairly with each other. Under the law, however, each of them may enter into a transaction respecting property with each other or any other person of their choosing just …
New Tax Laws Affecting Divorcing Women
Bohm Wildish - Divorce and Taxes: Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) at the beginning of this year to prohibit tax increases to the middle class and spending cuts in motion if no action were taken, and to avoid the "fiscal cliff." But if you were in the middle of a divorce …
Positive Effects of Divorce on Children
Bohm Wildish - Divorce Advice: People spend a lot of time talking about how hard divorce is on children, and they're right. The home with their mother and father is all most kids have known since birth, and tearing that apart can be very challenging. It often turns into the most traumatic event of a …
Divorce and Anger
Bohm Wildish: Divorce Advice - In a recent post we talked about hating your ex post-split, and who's that really hurting. We all can agree that anger isn't helping us at all, but can we recognize when we're too angry? If your anger over a messy divorce or a sour-ending marriage is justified, should …