Divorce

Many California couples who tie the knot expect that they will be married their spouse for the rest of their lives. However, there are many cases where the couple decides to get a divorce several years or even decades later. Although couples can protect their family...

When a couple with children splits up, the state of California often designates one parent as the custodial parent. The custodial parent generally has more responsibilities when it comes to raising the children. In general, the children live with the custodial parent...

The roles assumed by men and women in California at the start of a marriage could play a role in that marriage's longevity according to a study by Swedish researchers. Marriages in which women start out making less than half of their husband's salary or have no income...

Some California parents who are getting a divorce might be interested in a form of child custody known as bird nesting. This is an arrangement that allows children to stay in one place, often the family home, while the parents take turns living there with them.Nesting...

Twice as many older couples are divorcing today compared to the 1990s, but this could leave some people in California having to deal with financial matters for the first time in their lives. A survey by UBS Global Wealth Management found that a majority of women said...

The federal Office of Child Support Enforcement collected almost $33 billion in fiscal year 2016, and most of that was through income withholding. California payroll department employees may have received new guidance from the agency about child support payments and...

With the United States' divorce rate of about 50 percent, California is no stranger to the turmoil that can come with a divorce. Furthermore, people who have been divorced before have a much higher probability of breaking off any subsequent marriages.Unfortunately,...

It is common for California couples to make mistakes when they are getting divorced. Some of these errors happen because people do not build up sufficient support networks or because they are bombarded with conflicting information. It is possible, however, to make the...

Many families in California spend January focusing on the post-holiday return to work and preparing for colder weather. Some married couples experience another type of coldness in the first month of the year: January is notorious for its high rate of divorce filings....

California residents who have made the decision to file for divorce at the beginning of the year may have a lot of work ahead of them. In addition to seeking well-meaning advice from family and friends, there are some things that experts recommend spouses that do...