Although spouses may not bring their work home with them, their business interests may be part of their divorce settlement. Precautions can help protect your business interests in a typical or high asset divorce. Impact Business may be part of property division in...
Oakland, California, Family Law Blog
Will mediation work for me?
When it comes to divorce, you have many options for how you handle the division of property and finalize arrangements for custody, child support and visitation. You can go through traditional divorce litigation, which is a time-consuming and expensive process, or you...
How do mediation and collaborative law differ?
Those who are facing a divorce or other legal problem related to family law will rather quickly figure out how expensive the process can be, even when the person and his or her attorney are doing their best to be efficient. Furthermore, the toll family law disputes...
Domicile: a key issue to address in divorce proceedings
A divorce proceeding is often a confusing process and causes stress to individuals hoping to divide assets fairly. This process can become more complex when a spouse moves to a different state. When a spouse moves out-of-state, the first of many aspects to consider is...
Protecting ownership of a business during a California divorce
A divorce can have a negative impact on many aspects of a person’s life, including, of course, family relationships, finances, means of earing an income and loss of assets paid to the other spouse. One of the problems that can arise during a California divorce is the...
Should you ask for spousal support when getting a divorce?
Sometimes, people may be shy about requesting spousal support as part of their divorce agreement. They might have concerns that doing so will make them look lazy or greedy. However, if you’ve made sacrifices in your relationship to benefit your ex, you deserve to...
Could child custody mediation be beneficial in my case?
In Oakland and throughout California, one of the most common sources for dispute in a family law case is child custody and parenting time. Complex cases in which the parents are both seeking custody or situations where there have been allegations of domestic violence...
Here are some basics about international custody
Many people in Oakland and the greater Bay Area are married or have a child in common with another parent who has ties to a country other than the United States. So long as the relationship between the couple remains stable, the fact that a child has a connection to...
How domestic violence impacts custody and visitation
California has several laws that are designed to protect victims of domestic violence who are going through a divorce or other custody proceeding. Oakland residents who have made the decision to leave an abusive partner definitively, as well as those who are accused...
Will my immigration status be impacted by my divorce?
Many Californians are granted conditional permanent residence to live in the United States for getting married to a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident. Under U.S. immigration law, assuming you got married in good faith, your status as a conditional resident...

