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What are family limited partnerships? They are a type of tool that many couples and families with substantial assets and property use that that provide tax benefits in addition to protecting what we will refer to as “the family fortune.” A family limited partnership...
Social media has, for many of us, become a significant a part of our daily lives. Many people refer to, and depend upon, social media several times each day to keep them informed about other people, those close to them such as family and friends, and others with whom...
In Part 1 of this two-part blog, we discussed “legal separation”. Here in Part 2, we’ll talk about arrangements known as “separation agreements”. In California, separation agreements are option for couples that does not involve going to court, and often...
In California, a legal separation is not the same as a separation agreement. We’ll take an overview of what a legal separation is in this blog, and we’ll tackle the topic of California separation agreements in our next blog. When spouses or life partners reach a...
Our blog story begins with the filling, in California Superior Court, the necessary paperwork for a Dissolution of Marriage, or Dissolution of Domestic Partnership. Time passes, and we pick up our story just after the court has granted the requested final, or, in...
It is an unfortunate fact of life that some people injure others who are close to them: spouses, children, other family members. Domestic violence can be physical, or it can be psychological. When either type of abuses occur, it isn’t only the direct victim that is...
The involvement of a forensic accountant in a marital dissolution can be a necessary and useful tool. We frequently utilize forensic accountants on our cases to determine a party’s cash flow for purposes of support, to value business interests, to assist on complex...
It is impossible to determine from the onset how much your divorce will ultimately cost. However, a few factors to consider will be the complexity of the issues to be determined and the level of the cooperation between the parties and the attorneys. Any divorce will...
In a previous posting, we addressed some basic definitions of the two types of divorces, beginning with contested divorces. Now as we enter the arena of uncontested divorce, we can make point out a few technical differences. On to uncontested divorce. In this type...
To quote a very famous line from the classic nineteenth-century novel Anna Karenina, “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Whether or not you are a fan of iconic Russian literature, you can recognize the truth in that...