There are many excellent reasons to pursue a 50/50 custody arrangement – mutual investment in a minor child and schedule allowances among them. However, one very bad reason to pursue a 50/50 split is the anticipated waiver of an obligation to pay child support. Why? Because that’s not how child support works.
It’s been long understood that children benefit from having married parents. Studies show that overall, these children tend to be better supported financially, do better in school, have lower rates if risk-taking behaviors, and tend to be more accomplished as adults, which leads most laypeople to assume that, naturally, separated and/or divorced parents should have…
As family law attorneys, one of our most important tasks is proving our client’s claims of abuse sufficiently enough to persuade the family courts. There are several means to accomplish this, usually in the form of photographs of injuries or property destruction, screenshots of abusive texts or emails, medical records, police reports, and occasionally witness…
Attorneys can be expensive, no way to sugar-coat that. But in addition to expensive, a solid attorney is often invaluable to your interests in a family law case. California law is complex and constantly changing, and the only way to set yourself up for success is to have a team advocating for you who know…
The recent rap rivalry between Drake and Kendrick Lamar has social media and the music industry buzzing with allegations of family dysfunction, secret children, and “deadbeat” parents. As family law attorneys based in the entertainment and technology hub of California, we know that fame and fortune can turn private matters into fodder for tabloids and internet…
Unfortunately, an ugly truth of divorce is that the actions of a dishonest spouse can make the impending end of a marriage even more stressful than it already is. The California Code of Civil Procedure is very clear that married persons have a fiduciary duty to one another and that both divorcing parties, with very…
On January 16, 2024, CBS News reported that the body of 40-year old Yingying “Dawn” Yu, reported missing on January 8, 2024, may have been found in the Santa Cruz mountains. Her husband has since been arrested in connection with her murder. Obviously, California is no exception to the known epidemic of domestic violence taking place…
Most clients of our law firm are first-generation immigrants from China. In China, couples go to the same office for marriage certificates as well as divorce papers. However, that is not the case in the United States. A bewildered client once asked me: “To get married here, I need to go to the county’s office, but I cannot get a divorce at the same office?” In the U.S., if a couple wants a divorce, they must go to the court pursuant to the Family Code of each state.
在我做离婚律师的职业生涯里，经常接到一种求助：“律师，我老公对我特别不好，我不想跟他过了。但是我家的钱全在他手里，他不给我开共同账户，我连买菜钱都得一笔一笔跟他报备。我还能离婚吗？我怎么付律师费啊？”
