Do I need to file a request for orders to change a counseling requirement if unattainable?

It doesn't matter what the evaluator recommended, so much as what the court orders say. If a court order requires you to be in counseling, and...

In family court, what is your legal residence?

You "legal residence" is the place for which you pay rent, where you get your bills sent (assuming they're not just emailed), where all (or most)...

"Supported party" is the party who is asking the court to award them some support. "Supporting party" is the party who has been asked to pay...

Can I have my brother & his family deported & not affect me being deported? My mom petitioned him, 4 kids and wife, 6 years ago

First of all, this is an immigration question, not a family law question, so I'm re-categorizing it for you. Secondly: Why do you continue to...

Frankly, if you have not, yet, been served with a Summons and a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage, then the court does not even have...

Appropriate form to show evidence of community property that is an employee stock plan

You need to gather your evidence *before* your settlement conference and trial. Frankly, your spouse is and has been required, by law, to share...

What forms need to be filled & filed with the santa clara court to end the mutually agreed divorce? What is the process?

It's hard to say what forms are needed without looking at the forms that you've filed and your mutual Disclosures. I'd recommend that you...

What my estate-planning colleagues are overlooking is the potential that your marital community acquired an interest in this house during the...

Can a court order a mandatory add on that places you well below poverty line?

Generally speaking, the court will order the parties to split day care expenses that are reasonably necessary to work or attend school in...

Forcing a buy-out of 50% financial interest of the out-spouse in marital house instead of having the house be forcibly sold

The court does not have jurisdiction to order one spouse to sell their interest to the other spouse at any given price. The ONLY jurisdiction that...