Does my wife get to take any of my money in a divorce after 3 years of marriage?

A very quick summary: In a divorce, the court (or the parties by agreement) will divide the assets and debts. Any property you brought into the...

Domestic abuse does not factor into the characterization of marital property as community or separate. However, it could be argued that your...

Will our 13 year old son be allowed to be as a witness during a Short Cause Court Trial?

The court has discretion to consider the preferences of any child in making custody orders concerning the child. There is a fairly detailed series...

How can u get my ex to obey a court order to sell. if he committed fraud when purchasing our home?

If the house is in your son's name, he will have to be joined as a party so that title to the house can be transferred to the buyer of the house. ...

When obtaining a QDRO ordered in a divorce for spouses portion of 401k: Must that money be rolled over into an IRA...?

Check with your tax advisor to make sure you do this correctly, but the law allows the alternate payee under a QDRO who takes a lump sum directly...

I have not seen my ex husband for 14 years and I just want to see if we are divorce, I believe we are legally separated

Many attorneys and private investigators have software that will allow them to search court records for cases involving you and your husband at the...

Depending on the language of the judgment, you probably can file a request for order to have the court clerk designated to sign the form on your...

Will it be more beneficial to be employed or unemployed during a divorce ?

Its not a simple answer. If you can reasonably expect to be able to live off the anticipated amount of support you will receive and expect that...

I am legally divorced from my ex in 2016. In June of 2017 she took me back to court to re open the property settlement.

If you do doubt what your lawyer is telling you, you certainly have the right to seek a second opinion, but Avvo is not the place to do that. ...

You need to do several things to get the case resolved. First, if you have not served Preliminary Disclosure Documents on the other (forms FL-140,...