LOS ANGELES FAMILY LAW BLOG
Should you liquidate or split complex assets in divorce?
Property division isn't always easy in divorce, even if you and your spouse agree to a 50-50 split under California's community property laws. Dividing your property may be a complicated process, especially if you have stocks, real estate or other assets that...
What is parental kidnapping? How can you prevent it?
There is no worse feeling than knowing that you are in a position where you have to worry about your children while they're in the other parent's care. Whether there have been threats of withholding custody or you're wary of a long-distance trip overseas due to your...
With gaps in custody, you can get creative with child care
Developing a custody schedule can be difficult, but it's not impossible. You and your children's other parent are having a hard time because of how your schedules conflict, and that means that there will be days when your children won't have anyone to care for them.In...
Court is for lawsuits; don’t go there to exact revenge during a divorce
Celebrity divorces may be a mainstay of supermarket and online tabloids, but I'm always at a loss to why the stars aren't better guardians of their privacy. Yes, divorce can be private. The public - even your most adoring fans - never have to know the details of your...
Paternity Leave: You Have Only Two Years to Contest Claimed Fatherhood
Wild oats can continue to grow long after they are sown. Take, for example, Spanish singing star Julio Iglesias, who allegedly had a highly productive fling with a Portuguese dancer in 1975, and has not escaped a Spanish judge's recent paternity ruling just because he...
Do I need a postnuptial agreement?
Marriage is hard. You don't know where life will take you in the future, how you'll change or grow or how having children will affect your relationship. While the U.S. divorce rate dipped to 46% in 2016, many couples still find themselves calling it quits.For those...
Can you stop a parent from moving after divorce?
Sometimes, parents are in a position where they need to relocate for work or for school. When they're living together, a couple might work out a way to move for the betterment of their situation. However, when a couple is divorced, it becomes much more difficult to...
How can you arrange a joint-custody schedule?
Child custody concerns often come up in divorce cases because parents want to do what's best for their children but may feel conflicted about leaving their children for any amount of time. The truth is that all parties involved will have some adjusting to do; Children...
Why proper property valuation is important during divorce
During a divorce, you will be required to divide your property. In California, you will be expected, in most cases, to divide your property 50-50.That may seem simple to accomplish, but if you don't know how much your assets are worth, splitting them can become...
U.S. State Department Surrogacy Citizenship Position Not in Best Interest of Family Bond
You'll notice I write a lot about international family law issues. The global economy has created more cross-border marital dissolution, child custody, adoption and now surrogacy issues than ever before. I am particularly interested in developing law, and my agenda is...
