Barbara Hammers
Client sanctioned for her arrogant attorney’s rude, condescending, and unprofessional letters.
Divorcing couples who want to use their attorneys as a weapon of mass destruction to belittle and harass the other side, beware. A new published case from the First District Court of Appeal titled “Marriage of Davenport” (2011 S.O.S. 2343) (Cal.App. 5-4-2011), filed May 4, 2011 took to task a young lawyer whose poison pen…
Read MoreDivorce property settlement that allows spouse to keep the house while you remain on the loan? This could spell disaster.
Something I have seen a great deal recently are cases in which one party has allowed the other party to keep the family residence as part of the asset division in the divorce and has remained on the mortgage loan. This was done quite frequently prior to 2009 with the anticipation that the party keeping…
Read MoreWill Arnold Schwarzenegger be returning to his role as the Terminator in his divorce?
Arnold Schwarzenegger filed his Response to Maria Schriver’s Petition for Dissolution of Marriage on Wednesday stating he wanted the court to terminate jurisdiction to award spousal support and deny attorney’s fees to Maria. While this may sound harsh, it is common in responding to a Petition for divorce for the responding party to check the…
Read MoreFamily Law Forms Getting you Down?
The Judicial Council of California produces forms to be used by self-represented individuals to help them accomplish their own divorce or paternity cases. Knowing which ones to use for what purpose and how many to file to the court can be confusing and frustrating. Going to a self help document drafting service where non-attorney personnel assist you…
Read MoreDivorcing couples lose millions of dollars each year by forgetting to divide all of their assets!
Some assets you rarely think about can be easily overlooked during divorce. Millions of dollars of assets are missed every year in property division calculations. Make sure all of your assets are divided. Sometimes in the division of assets in a divorce you can see the forest and forget the occasional tree. Make sure you don’t overlook…
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