6 Months? Why Does Divorce Take 6 Months?

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As much as I talk about divorce, the divorce process and explain things to clients, the one thing that just keeps coming up is how long the divorce process takes. We’ll it takes 6 months. Yep, 6 months. Why? Because the court’s want you to have a change to work on the relationship. That is all.

In this video we talk more about how to process your divorce paperwork. Some folks think they need to wait 6 months to turn in their divorce agreements or judgment which is not true. There are certain timeframe restrictions on filing paperwork, but you don’t have to wait 6 months to turn in your agreements. Watch this short video for more information.

Saving Money On Your Santa Clarita Divorce

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I talk a lot about how to save money on your divorce. This video discusses the issues of people who hire divorce attorneys but run out of money before they actually have their divorce case finished. We discuss how you can save money by using our service to file your divorce papers. That way, when you get to the point where you actually need a divorce attorney, you will still have some money left over to actually provide you legal divorce representation when you need it.

Santa Clarita Divorce : How To File Default With Divorce Judgment

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When you are going through a divorce and are filing a default divorce where the other party did not participate, it is recommended that you file the judgment with the default. Usually what the Court’s say is to file your default after 30 days of the other party being served, but what people don’t know is that you can file your entire judgment along with the default after 30 days.  There is no need to wait.

Day 2 Of Exercise & Eating Better

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So I got my 3.5 mile walk in this morning with my dog.  Picked up the pace a little and even ran a bit. I have to start easy otherwise I get shin splints.  I can already feel they are a little sore.

I started eating better yesterday as well.  Had no bread or high glycemic carbs which is usually the trick for me to lose weight.  Had a salad and later grilled chicken with quinoa and asparagus.  This morning I had eggs, turkey bacon and watermelon.  The hard part for me is cutting out the bread.  Love bread!  Was never much of a fast food guy or sweets person, so no problem there.

I have been sleeping better also the last night or two which is already a plus.  I know I always sleep better when I am getting some type of workout. I usually only sleep 4 to 5 hours and never feel 100%, but today I feel great having slept 8 hours.  First time in a long time.

Getting into work now, have a busy day.

Talk to you tomorrow.

Las Vegas Trip & Deciding To Get Back In Shape

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I don’t know what happened this morning, but woke up and decided it was time to invest in myself and start getting back in shape.

I say get  back in shape because in 2011 I was in great shape.  I weighed just 198 pounds and was doing Crossfit and running a lot.  I mean 5 to 10 miles a day. Sometimes I would run to Crossfit and then run back home or run to the gym, work out and then run home.

Then I started this business and it all went down hill.  I started skipping my morning run so I could get into work early and start my marketing. Not that all things are bad, I mean I do have a great business now that does very well, but I think it is time to have some balance and maybe work just a little less and spend some time getting back in shape.

Today is Monday about 10:15 in the morning and I am just getting to work.  Wow, what a change.  I decided I would go for a walk (gotta start somewhere) and take my dog with me.  He loved it to. Only did about 3.5 miles, but it was a good start.  I plan to blog about my working out efforts, just so I have a journal.

I have not weighed myself recently, but last time I checked it was about 275.  (thankfully I have a large frame to carry it) I will have to see what I weigh now so I can gauge how much I lose. I am shooting for 200 pounds and 15% body fat and my goal is to have this done by the end of April 2016 which gives me just 6 months.

About my Las Vegas Trip this weekend.  I am trying to be more spontaneous lately and I think I pulled that off on Friday.  I was at the office and it was sort of quite.  My wife was traveling back from a consulting job in Omaha, Nebraska.  I decided to do a fight checker and see where her plane was.  I saw that she had landed, but she was not supposed to be home for another 2 hours.  I looked closer and saw that she was on a layover in Las Vegas.

So I texted her and said, “I should meet you in Vegas”.  She replies, ” That is weird, i am in Vegas” to which I told her I was aware of.  I said, “let’s do something crazy, get off the airplane and I will drive up and meet you.”  So she got off and I left the office and drove up.

It turned out to be a great unplanned trip.  While I was driving up, she booked the hotel and checked in.  She wrapped up some work she had to do and I arrived about 4 p.m. and we headed off for dinner followed by a massage.  My wife was exhausted from the week long trip to Omaha, so we called it a night and went back to the hotel.

The next day was also great.  No real plan, but ended up at Mandalay Bay where we had lunch, gambled a little, saw the Shark exhibit and then saw Michael Jackson ONE. If you have not seen this show, it was amazing and I highly recommend it.  We are already planning out next trip and going to bring out 2 kids to see it.

Hope you have a good Monday. Tim

Movie, Cooler Weather And Some Quite

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Today is a Saturday and I really was looking forward to it.  The business has been crazy and I think we started 14 new divorce cases.  I know, good for me, bad for everyone else.  I hear it all the time…. And I agree.

But I really needed at least a day to be with my family.  So I made big plans to go to Vegas for the weekend, on a Friday night at about 4 p.m.  Did you know plane tickets are $250 per person each way when you book same day?  $1000.00 just to get there and back?

At that rate, I won’t have any money to lose!!!

So instead, we slept in until 8 a.m., took our son to Air Soft, some place called, “Warped Ops” in Castaic and then had breakfast at a place called Mikes Diner.

We then went to get a 15 minute massage at the mall and then went to Salt Creek for a cocktail and glass of wine before we saw Sicario which was a pretty good movie.  Tomorrow we are going to see The Martian

Right now, though, I am sitting in my dining room watching American Sniper with Chris Kyle portrayed by Bradley Cooper.

Weird.  Just watched the part of the movie where they showed 9/11 and the planes crashing into the World Trade Center towers.  I say weird because watching scenes like that can take you right back to where you were the day that happened.

The weather is a little cooler by about 10 degrees and in Santa Clarita right now, that means it is 90 degrees instead of 100 and I’ll take it.

I was counting on the cooler weather and had a screen door put on our front door so we could open the door when it does cool down. Good planning, because it is open now and there is an awesome breeze blowing through and I can finally turn of the air, even if it is just for half a day.

The kids are out of the house and the wife is upstairs and the dog is taking a nap.  So just some quite time for me to reflect on the day and write a few words.

Enjoy your weekend.

$97 Dollar California Divorce Service Online

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For the last couple of months I have been working on a project that would bring the California Divorce self help centers to your home or office.

I am referring to a website where I have recorded all the steps on how to complete your California divorce on video.  Not only that, but I provide all the forms as well.

This video divorce course was designed for the people who are planning on doing their own divorce, either by trying to figure it out on their own, or by going to the court’s self help centers.

This is an affordable way to have the exact process of completing your divorce without the need for having to figure things out on your own or wasting hours and days at the self help centers.

The site is called California Divorce Tutor and right now we have all the steps for completing your uncontested divorce.

We are also working on the 3 separate video courses on how to complete a contested case, how to prepare for trial and how to prepare motions for court.  There is a lot of work ahead of me for sure.

The great thing about our uncontested divorce training course is that I show you step by step on how to complete all for forms. Not only that, but I tell you why you are completing the forms and how to change it for different situations.

I will be talking a lot about our California uncontested divorce video course trying to get the word out.  We already have over 11,000 video views on YouTube where we discuss the course and show a bit of behind the scenes of what you get.

College Planning With My Daughter

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So cool actually.  You just don’t know what is coming next.

I am at home, my wife is at work in LA and it is 8:30 p.m.  My daughter is a Sophomore at College of the Canyons and headed for a UC or State College.  And it looks like she will be going to San Diego.  Funny, that is where my brothers both live and one went to college there.

She really likes Anthropology and my brother, Todd, has his degree in Anthropology and is a teacher in San Diego.  So I hooked her up with a conversation with my brother.

I say it is cool, because I can still remember taking my daughter to preschool at the same school that is less than 1/2 mile from our house.  And here we are 18 years later, and having an educated conversation about college.

I am seriously at the point where I wished I had invested 18 years ago in our children’s education.  Looking like her school is going to run us about $30,000 per year on the low end and this is just one of two children we have.

We hired a college planner to help us with all of this, hoping that he can find some grants or extra money.

Funny that when you are in your prime earning years that that is when your kids are going to college.  I am not saying it pays to be poor, but sure seems there are more handouts for everyone but us.

I shouldn’t complain.  I should be grateful we are in a position to handle this. We are not rich by any means, but live fairly frugally, but it couldn’t hurt to be investing in our retirement instead of paying $30k a year in tuition.

Seriously, I drive a 2002 Ford Expedition with no air conditioning and has 220,000 miles.

Anyways, I think the goal is to set the next generation ahead of where we are.

I like these more personal posts because I can rant and just talk (or write) as things come to me.  I told my kids that this is my diary and they will be able to hear what I think, not only in this blog, but my spoken word in my videos and podcasts.

Wait, sorry, here is my entrepreneurial mind at work. What about a  business that helps people to use video and  podcasts instead of the old school written word.  I think there is something there.

The short story with this post is that is was really cool for my daughter to come up to me with all the paperwork she had received at the college regarding the different colleges she is interested in.

Pretty cool to be a father, I guess is what I am saying.

Here is a photo of us both working. I think she is studying.

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