DIvorce
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 MoreIf Not Irreconcilable Differences, Then What?
Incurable Insanity? Seriously. In California, there are only two grounds someone can site in seeking a divorce, and they’re (1) irreconcilable differences and (2) incurable insanity. That’s been the law in California since 1970 when we became a no-fault divorce state. In other words, you can get a divorce simply because you and your spouse…
Read MoreA Divorce Party? Take a Second Look.
After 6 years of marriage and 2 kids, Jack White (front-man musician of the defunct band The White Stripes) and his wife, Karen Elson, are getting a divorce. Know what else they’re doing? They’re throwing a divorce party. Although I’m a divorce lawyer, I still tear up at weddings. When people ask me for help…
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…
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