When marriages fail and divorce proceedings begin in California, the process involves the division of assets owned by the couple. This often includes determining how to fairly distribute both community property (assets acquired during the marriage) and separate...
Property Division
What are options for shared rental properties during divorce?
Determining what to do with your home will likely be one of – if not the – most important property division decisions that you and your spouse will make during your divorce. If you have a vacation property somewhere, that may be a similarly consequential concern. Any...
If your spouse hides assets, how will they do it?
Are you worried that your spouse is going to start hiding assets now that you filed for divorce? Maybe they’re frustrated by the divorce and you think they’re going to hide assets out of spite. Maybe they just don’t want to share and you know they’re going to do...
What’s cryptocurrency got to do with divorce?
Financial dishonesty between spouses is nothing new. However, the ways that this aim can be accomplished have become more complex in recent years. Things can come to a head when a couple decides to divorce, and they must divide the property they own. In the event of a...
Divorce-proofing your business
California is a community property state, which means that you could lose half of your business in a divorce. However, there are actions that you can take to minimize the risk of this taking place. For instance, you could put your company in a trust or include it in a...
Dividing marital assets under California’s community property law
Most states have equitable distribution laws that require marital assets and liabilities to be divided fairly in a divorce, but California is a community property state. This means that when family jaw judges are called upon to decide these matters because divorcing...
Dividing your assets and common mistakes
When you're going through a divorce in California, you might think that you should just divide everything that you own in half so that each person has something or so that each person has their own belongings. However, there are a few mistakes that you could make by...
Options for protecting real estate interests during divorce
California residents who have built a real estate portfolio and are going through a divorce will have to make decisions that may potentially affect their livelihood. While it may be a complex issue when divorcing couples are negotiating the division of property, there...
How to protect real property in a divorce
Although California is a community property state, there are steps that you can take to protect real estate holdings in a divorce. For instance, you can put them in a trust, include them in a prenuptial agreement or negotiate a deal that allows you to retain those...
How will your retirement account be split during a divorce?
California spouses who are beginning the divorce process need to understand how assets are divided up. It's important for them to realize that some assets are harder to divide than others. One of the most difficult to split is a retirement account. Determine separate...