Here are three more useful tips for how to communicate well with your California family law lawyer, so that you can enjoy more peace of mind and less confusion. 6. Journal. It’s easier to get what you want, when you know what you want — and when you understand your...
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Month: January 2014
8 Tips for Communicating with Your California Family Law Attorney – Part 2
Here are two more tips for how to communicate more effectively with your California family law attorney about your divorce, child custody, or other legal issue. 4. Set expectations with your legal team. Hopefully, your attorney has a specific, tested process for...
8 Tips for Communicating with Your California Family Law Attorney – Part 1
The struggle to find and retain an effective California family law attorney can be intense. First of all, vetting and retaining a lawyer under any circumstance can be challenging. It can be doubly so, when you are in the midst of an emotionally troubled separation or...
Lessons from the David Hasselhoff-Pamela Bach Child Custody Fight
Actor David Hasselhoff (“Baywatch”) divorced his wife, Pamela Bach, several years ago. But the fight for the custody of their two girls persisted for years after the separation. In May 2007, Hasselhoff temporarily lost his parental rights, when a video emerged showing...
Insight from Epic Custody Battle Between Paul McCartney and Heather Mills
Just because you have all the money in the world does not mean that you’re guaranteed your way during a California child custody battle. Consider, for instance, the notoriously acrimonious battle between ex-Beatle, Paul McCartney, and his ex-spouse, Heather Mills,...
The Tragic Custody Battle of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown: Implications for Your California Separation
When “Bodyguard” singer, Whitney Houston, passed away last year, the entire country went into mourning. In addition to her legacy of creating wonderful music, Houston will be remembered for her acrimonious, lengthy divorce and custody battle with hip-hop icon, Bobby...
The Tempestuous Custody Battle Between Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva
Few celebrities have been as publicly divisive in recent years as actor, Mel Gibson. Two years ago, the press leaked phone calls that Gibson made to his girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, in which the actor used racially and sexually loaded language. Many in the media...
Celebrity Custody Battles in the Spotlight: Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin
In the annals of notorious celebrity divorces, Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger’s rancorous split stands out as one of the most unseemly and unfortunate. For nearly a decade, the A-List actors waged a not-so-private domestic battle, which ended in a separation in 2000,...
Lessons from Famous Custody Battles: Usher vs. Tameka Foster
R&B icon, Usher, split up with Tameka Foster, his wife of less than two years, in June, 2009. The couple became entrenched in a bitter custody battle over their two children, 3-year-old, Naviyd, and 4-year-old, Usher V. In court, Tameka argued that Usher had used...
9 Tips for Setting Up a Prenuptial Agreement (The Smart Way) – Part 3
Here are three more “best practices” for setting up prenuptial agreements in California — designed to help you and your fiancé protect your rights and feel in control. 7. Separate out any child support/custody issues from other marriages. The new marital estate...