Blog Posts in August, 2017

Tips for Self-Care During Divorce and Why It's So Important

We are all guilty of letting self-care go by the way side when life gets busy and out-of-hand. Between demanding work schedules, to cooking family meals, and dropping the kids off at school, who has time to go to yoga or get a massage? Life is more demanding now than ever, and the financial pressure associated with living in Orange County, CA doesn’t help. Many of the households require two ...

How to Maintain a Friendly Divorce

For the most part, divorce is a dirty word. It carries connotations like “nasty” and “ugly”, and the media only makes things worse by publicizing the most contentious celebrity divorces on television and magazines. With all of this, it’s completely reasonable to expect that all divorces are nasty. After all, where do we ever see counter examples unless its Gwyneth Paltrow and her conscious ...

Tips for Explaining Divorce to Children

Let’s be real … no one ever wants to get a divorce, and this is especially true when there are children involved. Every parent goes into parenthood with the ideal that they will have a happy family forever. And, if that’s not working, people even try to make it work “for the kids.” But when that’s not an option, all you can do is your best to lessen the impact that divorce can have on a child. The ...

I Paid Too Much Child Support. What Can I Do?

Child support doesn’t always remain static over the course of the years. Sometimes it increases or decreases depending on the needs of the child. If your old child support payment amount was higher, and you accidentally pay the old price, are you eligible to get the money back? Believe it or not, this question has popped up in court before. In the case Coull v. Rottman , a family court ruled it ...

First Timers Guide To Divorce Mediation: What to Expect

We can’t count how many times a couple has come into my office for an initial consultation and stated “this is our first time, and we don’t know where to start.” Let’s be honest. Divorce is not something that anyone wants to do once, let alone more than once. With sky rocketing divorce rates all over the country, you are one of the lucky few who can say you have never been through a divorce ...

Emergency Custody Orders

In a few unfortunate situations, a divorce might become dangerous. If one spouse has a tendency toward violence, the other may be concerned for the safety and well-being of any children they share if he or she files for divorce. For cases like this, it becomes necessary to ensure the nonviolent parent be given custody of the children until the divorce finalizes. Asking the court for emergency ...