Category: FAQ

FL-100, The Divorce Petition

The FL-100 is the first form you will need in order to start your divorce. It applies equally to those who are married and those who are domestic partners.

How to Approach a Hearing in Family Court

How clients dress in court is important. I want my clients to dress to impress, but not too much. First, I like my clients to wear a white shirt. It looks professional, respectful, and fresh.

Spousal Support

Spousal support is based on the length of the marriage. For example, if the couple was married less than 10 years then the spousal support length is considered based on the length of marriage. So, less than 10 years is considered a short-term marriage and more than 10 years is a long-term marriage.

Things to Remember When You Appear in a Family Law Hearing

• First, right now, family law hearings are happening over Zoom. However, before COVID times family law hearing occurred in person. We lawyers and our clients would arrive at the courthouse and wait while matters were heard line by line based off a paper that the court posted.

What to Expect in a 10 Minute-Interview?

The 10 minute interview is not designed to give legal advice. 10 minutes are designed to talk about the legal process, and if you read about this, we can go right into your specific questions related to the process. So these type of questions are designed for 10 minutes, not legal advice or an interview

When will I finally be Single

The answer to that is, after the "cooling off period." California has a so-called “cooling off period”. This means that once a moving party has filed for divorce and the other side was personally served, the six month and one day waiting period begins. Not from the date of filing, but from the date of service, the time starts to kick in, BUT after six months and one day clients will still not become automatically divorced, as most clients usually expect. There are two scenarios where the divorce could be semi easy.

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