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No Divorce is easy. A Collaborative Divorce removes you personal life from a public adversarial process that takes place inside a courtroom. The courtroom is a zero sum game. You family is not a zero sum game. Learn how collaborative is a better choice.

Q: How does my new husband's income matter when calculating my children’s fathers child support amount?

The adversarial system is founded on the theory that in a contest between two committed, competent, well prepared advocates, the truth will win out.  This is a legal fiction.  Judges are human.

Most turn to the courts and judges to end their divorce without knowing there is a better, smarter, way to begin a new life.  Why let a judge, a stranger, into your home to make decisions about you and your children, when the decision about what life looks like after marriage can be completely yours?  By ending your marriage collaboratively, you protect your family, you maintain control, and nothing will come as a surprise.

Q: Can us tenants be evicted if my baby sisters dad is staying with us but isn't on the lease?

Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) is government backed financing for energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements on real property. 

In response to COVID-19, California and many other states have issued state-wide orders for all residents to stay at home and/or place restrictions on gatherings.  Some cities and counties have issued strict policies prohibiting public gatherings outside of the home, or "shelter in place" policies, enforceable under the Health and Safety Code.

Generally, there are three requirements to form a will.  Generally, a will must be written, signed by the testator, and witnessed by two people who sign under penalty of perjury.  However, California recognizes holographic wills under probate code section 6111, that require the material provisions be in handwriting of the testator and a signature.

Even the best judge, under the best of circumstances, cannot make decisions about that which will impact your life with fidelity to your values, your spouse's value, and fairness to your family. 

Once a petition for dissolution has been filed, and before final adjudication the court may order temporary spousal support (pendente lite) either spouse amount necessary for the support of the other spouse.