26 November 2012 0 Comments

Mayim Bialik files for divorce

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Share Mayim Bialik, one of the stars of The Big Bang Theory, has filed for divorce from husband Michael Stone after nine years of marriage. She has cited irreconcilable differences. The couple has two children, Miles 9 and Frederick 4. [...]

28 September 2012 0 Comments

Property settlement during a divorce

Share Marriage is supposed to be all about love and a lifetime together.  Did you know that marriage is also a business contract?  Because of this, it is important to protect your business prior to saying, “I do.”  While saying, “I do”, few people are thinking about the possibility of divorce. Statistics show that roughly [...]

27 September 2012 0 Comments

Appeals

Share Is your divorce finalized?  Do you believe a judge has misapplied the law in your divorce settlement?  If so, you can appeal these decisions.  For the most part, you can only appeal a final order, not a temporary one. The right to appeal a judge’s decision is governed by statute in California.  The filing [...]

7 September 2012 0 Comments

Making it right with your ex-spouse

Share Is your divorce final?  After dividing your marital property, did you find that you and your ex-spouse have no obligations to make monthly payments to each other?  There are no children involved. If this is the case, you are in a position to move on with your life.  Regardless of whether you and your [...]

4 September 2012 0 Comments

Protecting assets in a divorce

Share Generally speaking, everything you and your spouse purchased during your marriage is considered marital property and part of the marital estate.  Contemplating divorce is difficult.  When you are forced to divide property as part of a divorce, it can be a stressful and emotional experience. There are ways you can protect the division of [...]

28 August 2012 0 Comments

Are you thinking divorce?

Share Deciding to end a marriage is probably one of the most difficult and emotional decisions you will ever make. When you say the words, “I do”, you don’t think about divorce and you certainly don’t make specific plans for it.  A complete lack of knowledge about the process can lead to poor decisions that [...]

27 July 2012 0 Comments

What is a marital settlement agreement?

Share A marital settlement agreement contains terms negotiated by the spouses and their attorneys regarding family issues that include child custody, spousal and/or child support, property division, debt responsibility, and visitation rights. The final document is a written record that identifies all decisions that the couple have agreed on.  The agreement is incorporated into the [...]

6 July 2012 0 Comments

What is a postnuptial agreement?

Share A postnuptial agreement is made after the marriage takes place – usually after there is a change of circumstances affecting one of the spouses. Postnuptial agreements, a written contract to settle the couples affairs in the event of a separation, divorce or death, have become more and more common in the last few years [...]

25 June 2012 0 Comments

Tamara Taylor finalized her divorce

Share Tamara Taylor, one of the stars on the television show, Bones, has finalized her divorce from her husband of five years, Miles Cooley, an attorney. The couple married in 2007 and filed for divorce in February 2012.  They have no children and remain amicable to each other. With California having a high divorce rate, [...]

30 May 2012 0 Comments

Does Mark Zuckerberg have a prenuptial agreement?

Share I’m sure you have all heard that Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has wed longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan. Zuckerberg is a very rich man.  It is not known at this time if the couple signed a prenup California is a community property state and according to California law, “spouses own- and owe- everything equally, regardless [...]