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When hiring a divorce mediator, it's essential to understand that California does not have specific requirements or regulations for...

Divorce can be an emotionally and financially challenging time, and it is particularly challenging if you are trying to balance your...

Let’s be honest; it depends. Divorce mediation can be a viable and effective alternative to the very slow-moving and costly litigated...

What is Coparenting: Many couples that are divorcing or separating have not fully explored the types of co-parenting options that are...

The courts in the State of California may award support to either spouse where there is a need for support. The marital misconduct of...

If you are planning to change your name as part of your divorce process, there are a few steps you need to take during and after divorce...

Parents who share physical custody of their children this holiday season will have both the challenge and responsibility of avoiding...

As recently as February 2020 the unemployment rate here in San Diego county was only 3.5 percent. By the end of April, San Diego...

Family courts in San Diego to partially re-open soon. Get the details here.

If the best part of your marriage was not seeing your spouse for more than a few hours a day or even a week at a time, this past 5 to 6...

Last week I wrote about the impact of the COVID-19 shutdown on those in the early and mid stages of divorce and offered some tips for how...

We are truly living in unprecedented times. There is no simple playbook to turn to if you are in one of these situations: You recently...

There is a new trend in the divorce statistics as a result of our longevity. There's even a label for it, it's called the "Gray Divorce."...

If you are negotiating child support in California you should know that unless you ran the calculation after April 2, 2018 to take into...

It may surprise you to learn there are no special requirements in California for a person to hang up a sign and promote themselves as a...

For over two decades, I’ve been helping prepare Qualified Domestic Relations Orders for clients across the nation who are going through a...

Baby Boomers may not have set out to create another statistic, but they are going to have to add divorce to their list of the many ways...

There is a bumper sticker I've seen which claims to answer this question in a clever but sad way: “Marriage is Grand, Divorce is 100...

Divorce can be one of the most frightening times in a person's life because the losses many people suffer can affect them for a lifetime....

As a professional who devotes her career to divorce mediation in San Diego County, I have to admit, I am biased. I believe that anyone...