When California parents choose to divorce, some of the most controversial and contentious issues that can arise are those related to their children. Concerns over child custody and visitation can be the most emotionally and practically challenging issues at stake....
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Child Custody And Support
How to Keep Custody Battles Civilized
For some partners, divorce is the only practical solution to a troubled or unsatisfying relationship. While legal separation can be a difficult process in any situation, it takes on a new level of complexity when there are kids involved. Prolonged or hostile divorce...
How some parents use the gig economy to hide income
In California, a growing number of workers are turning to the gig economy as a supplementary or sole source of income. As this new economy rapidly expands, problems have mounted for the collection of child support.Up to 70 percent of child support orders are enforced...
Understanding the tax implications of child custody
As you and your spouse work toward a fair resolution to your divorce, you may find that determining child custody arrangements proves particularly difficult. Many parents focus on their own desires for the child or focus entirely on emotional and practical issues and...
Claiming Social Security benefits from spouse’s earnings
Individuals in California whose spouses have paid into Social Security may be entitled to collect benefits based on those earnings, even if they are divorced. However, in order to collect these benefits, the individual must meet several important requirements,...
Chris Rock in divorce battle
California fans of Chris Rock may realize that the comedian's divorce is no laughing matter. The case puts the star's $70 million fortune in jeopardy. Rock initiated the divorce proceedings in December 2014. The two were married in 1996 after they met at the Essence...
Importance of Social Security planning in divorce
Many California residents have heard that Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are apparently preparing to divorce. Although initial reports indicated they would wait until after they had been married for 10 years, recent ones now indicate they will divorce before that...
Protecting a business from the possibility of the owner’s divorce
Even if their marriages currently seem blissful, wise entrepreneurs might do well to have some safeguards in place in case their unions turn sour down the road. This is especially true in community property states, like California, where assets accumulated during the...
Dividing a 401(k) in a divorce settlement
A person who is going through a high asset divorce in California might wonder what will happen to their 401(k) plan. Depending on the details of the divorce settlement that is reached, an individual will likely have to pay out a portion of the assets that they have in...