My x husband and I got a divorce in 2013 jan .I could not at the time fight in the divorce. although he had nothing, but is due

His inheritance, whether you got divorced or not, would be separate property. You have no legal claim to that money. Further, California is a no...

I have a son that is done with school and is leaving the house do i still need to give his mother child support for him

If he is now 18 and he has graduated from High School, then most likely, you can stop paying child support. However, you need to review your...

Usually, a parent's financial status does not factor in to the decision of custody. What's most important is what is in the best interests of the...

Proof of Service by mail for heavy discovery documents in Family Law w/ new Homeland "security" provisions

If you are sending it in two different envelopes you should have separate proofs of service that identify the contents of each envelope. Better...

One child wants to live with Mother but other with me, what does the court rule?

There's not really enough information in this question to predict one way or the other how the court would rule. I agree that whatever the court...

One issue isn't necessarily relevant to the other. If you reconciled and no longer want to get a divorce, you should dismiss your pending...

How can I request expedited judgment via ex-parte for divorce dissolution? It's already been filed 2 months back.

You cannot file an ex parte application to speed up the processing of your judgment. The average wait for processing of a judgment in the Central...

Do i file a change of address before or after the other party is served?

File the change of address as of its effective date. You can serve it with the petition for dissolution (or whatever document that needs to be...

Is this valid service for Divorce?

If someone knocked on your door and said "legal papers", thus giving you notice that someone was trying to serve you with papers, your failure to...

There is such a thing. It's called either a marital settlement agreement or a stipulated judgment. You can attach the stipulated judgment to your...