Divorce proceedings

If your maybe-to-be former spouse filed a Response to your Petition you will both have to sign the dismissal. If you filed your Petition and filed...

Am planning to file for divorce from my wife. Is property that we acquired through funds I inherited considered conjugal?

The controlling statute for this situation is Family Code section 2640. Your inheritance was separate property when you received it. You used the...

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Forgettable parent and child custody

Courts appoint evaluators pursuant to Evidence Code 730 because many of the factors that are important in determining what orders will serve the...

My wife refiled after 8 years and refiled in a county we no longer live in. Do I have to be served again. Have heard nothing.

If all she did was file the case in 2007 and no orders were made, sometime in 2012 that case was subject to CCP 583.310 -- mandatory dismissal for...

I think you better make sure you have a bedroom ready because it sounds to me like you are going to be a full time single father. If she returns...

Child support

The way your question is worded makes me think that someone other than the father is making this inquiry. If there is a court order for the...

My divorce was final over a month ago. How long do I have to keep my ex-wife's personal items before donating them?

It is amazing how often this happens and congratulations for understanding that you cannot just give her things away or destroy them. You should...

We both have equal physical custody, which of us can claim our child?

Your suggestion that you alternate years is what the family law court most often orders if the parties have "equal" custody and about the same...

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Earning more custody time

Most parents are unhappy about not having their child in bed down the hall every night. The reality of being a parent is that we are all limited...

What is spouse entitled to with proof of adultery and voluntary lengthy unemployment status?

You are very likely to be ordered to pay spousal support but this is a short term marriage. I cannot tell for sure from the question but I take it...