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How are Vehicles Valued in a Legal Separation or Divorce?
In San Diego, automobiles are normally the second most expensive purchase that a family will ever make outside of real estate. In almost all legal...
How Abandonment can Affect Your Divorce or Legal Separation
When one party “walks” out on a marriage or out of a relationship where there is a child or children, sometimes it means that he/she...
Health Insurance and Divorce in California
In San Diego, many spouses have questions about what happens with insurance benefits, whether a legal separation or divorce, and how this will affect their...
Mandatory and Optional use of California Judicial Council Forms
California Judicial Council Forms are pre approved pleadings for filing with the Court. In a legal separation, divorce or paternity case in San Diego Superior...
Mediation with Family Court Services versus a Private Mediator
In San Diego, parents must attend the mandatory mediation when there is a custody and/or visitation dispute except in the case of child molest, child...
What is a Deferred Sale of Home Order?
In San Diego Superior Court, What Is A “duke” Order In A Divorce Or Legal Separation? Standard issues in a family law case include the...
What Is the Difference Between Legal Separation and a Divorce?
The difference between legal separation and divorce in California is considerable, though the process for both is similar. In both cases, the court must divide...
Divorce with a Special Needs Child
Divorce is always more complicated when it involves children. In addition to community property and spousal support issues, it will also require resolving child custody...
What is Considered Child Abuse and Neglect?
San Diego has five courts which hear divorce, paternity and legal separation cases and make orders for custody and visitation. The court houses are located...
How Is the Decision Made as to Where Our Child/children Will Live?
You want to know who and how the decision will be made as to where your child[ren] will be living and what is the exact...
Argentinean Custody Battle: How Does This Affect Parents in Divorce, Paternity and Legal Separation Cases in San Diego
WHY ARE SAN DIEGO PARENTS MORE VULNERABLE TO CHILD ABDUCTION THAN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES? Because of its close proximity to the Mexican...
Can a Rate of Return be Attributed to Assets for Purposes of Calculating Guideline Child Support?
Child support cases, which include paternity, divorce, or legal separation, has the San Diego Superior Court Judge to calculate the California Guideline child support at...