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Estates & Trusts
Family Law
Uncontested Dissolutions and Legal Separations
Summary Dissolutions
Mediated Parenting Plans
Marital Settlement Agreements
Employment Law
Business Law
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Our Family Law services include:
Uncontested Dissolutions and Legal Separations
Separation/Divorce from a marriage or domestic partnership is understandably a very emotional process. Maintaining as much dignity as possible during that process is what we strive to provide our clients. So how does one know if their matter can proceed uncontested? If you can answer "yes" to all of the following questions, moving forward with an uncontested process will not only save you a lot of stress but will also be a much more economical process that each spouse hiring their own attorney to arrive at the same result.
- Are you and your spouse/partner on good terms?
- Do you have simple assets and debts?
- Can you and your spouse/partner sit down and agree on the issues (division of assets and debts, supports, co-parenting)?
- Do you want to stay out of court and avoid fighting?
- Do you want to maintain your dignity?
- Do you want to keep legal fees down?
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Summary Dissolutions
California permits what is called a Summary Dissolution of Marriage. A summary action is an inexpensive and easy way to divorce for those couples who qualify, but both the husband and wife must be certain they want to go this route because either can change his or her mind during the six-month waiting period between the filing and the finalization of the action. To qualify for this divorce routine, a couple must meet these requirements:
- If you and your spouse have been married five or fewer years, you
- Have no children born to them before or during the marriage.
- The wife must not be pregnant.
- The spouses may have no natural or adopted children.
- Neither spouse may have an interest in real estate.
- Their community property may not be worth more than $25,000, not including car and car loans.
- The community obligations are less than $5,000, not including car and car loans.
- The husband and wife have prepared a signed an agreement dealing the terms and conditions of the division of possessions and debts.
- Both spouses have signed a Joint Petition for Summary Dissolution of Marriage.
- Both spouses want to end the marriage because of serious and permanent differences.
- Both spouses agree to use the summary dissolution rather than the regular dissolution.
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Mediated Parenting Plans
The best interest of the children is what is most important when children are involved. It is our goal to help you develop a co-parenting plan by fully analyzing your family structure, both before and after your divorce or separation. Through this analysis we will help parents determine what needs you and your children have and what should be addressed in writing in a legal binding agreement. Parenting plans are the blue print to a successful joint custody arrangement and are the first step to a successful post-divorce parenting relationship.
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Marital Settlement Agreements
If you and your spouse are able to sit down and agree on the issues related to your divorce or legal separation, we can help develop those decisions into a comprehensive Marital Settlement Agreement. If you have gone through independent mediation and need a review of a Marital Settlement Agreement prepared by someone else, give us a call as well.
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