133: Best Santa Clarita Divorce Paralegal Firm

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In this episode, we will talk about the best Santa Clarita divorce paralegal firm.

As a full service Divorce Paralegal Firm in Santa Clarita, we take care of everything. We’ll actually do everything a law firm will do, except for two things: we don’t give legal advice. And we don’t represent you in court.

So the idea is you’re going through an amicable case or you’re at least trying to work with your spouse to get through your Divorce here in Santa Clarita and you don’t want to hire an attorney and you don’t want the cost of hiring an attorney, those are the folks we’re looking to help.

We’ve been in the business for several years now. We have tons of experience.

We’ve worked for the courts, worked for Santa Clarita law firms, and for the self-help clinics with the Loss Angeles Superior Court.

So we have a ton of insight when it comes to Divorce here in California.

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132: California Divorce Attorney Consultations Free Or Paid Consultation

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In this episode, we will discuss attorney consultations in California divorce, free or paid consultation. We will talk about everything you need to know about divorce consultations in California.

We’re going to talk a little bit more about consultations. So we’re talking about going on a consultation with an attorney.

This isn’t applied to us but we are here about giving information and providing information so people have the information they need before getting involved with an attorney because it’s kind of one of my pet peeves if you will.

So we’re talking about going on a consultation with a Divorce attorney and specifically if you should pay for your consultation or if you should find an attorney that’s offering free consultations.

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131: 5 Traits & 7 Qualities For A Successful Marriage

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In this episode, we will talk about 5 traits and 7 qualities for a successful marriage. What are the things you need to do to make your marriage successful and why.

I want to talk about an interesting article I came across that was talking about some of the key traits and qualities you should have and your spouse should have to have a successful marriage or you should look for in a future spouse to have a successful marriage.

Now I want to give credit on what editors do. I found this article interesting enough. I’ve read an article today talking about how many women are becoming millionaires because of Divorce.

So they’re getting half of their spouses’ assets either by being bought out or in business or something like that.

And it got me to thinking about as far as in California for United States as far as Divorce is concerned I was looking for traits of millionaires because that’s what this article was talking about.

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130: Would You Pay A Membership Fee To Access California Divorce Tutorials

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In this episode, we will discuss if you would pay a membership fee to access California divorce tutorials.

I want to ask a question. We have been considering why do we back up?

We are a Full Service Divorce Preparation Firm, so we do everything start to finish.

We fill out the forms, go to court, file them and serve them, deal with the court system for you so you can go on with your life. You don’t have to worry about the process or procedure.

But we do have people on occasion that call us and I know there’s probably thousand of people or tons of thousands of people in California who don’t want to pay our fees to do to take care of their Divorce in full service capacity but would like the information provided to them where they can do it with themselves.

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Burbank Divorce Process | How Long Does Divorce Take?

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Burbank Divorce Process | How Long Does Divorce Take?

Today, I want to answer the most frequently asked question I get day in and day out which is how long does the Divorce take or how long does the Divorce process.

So let’s talk about that a little bit. We’re talking to the folks regarding the Divorce in the Burbank area.

This video is specifically for you. So Divorce has really two answers to this question.

Number one is California has a six months cooling off period. What that means is the judge will not approve your Divorce.

You cannot become officially a single person until six months have passed from the date of service.

So from the day you file is not the timeframe that starts in. Once you file and serve your spouse that’s what starts the clock on the six months process.

So what I tell people is six months is the soonest your Divorce can be finalized and you can be single.

Now another aspect to this answer is that we can submit your case as soon as 30 days after the case has been served.

So you file, you serve, we can get all the paperwork done within 30 days, get all the final agreements put together and submit it to the court because it’s going to suit the Burbank Court House for good 2-3 months while they’ll review and approve due to how busy they are.

You don’t have to wait until six months to submit your case which many people think is what they need to do after 30 days plus 1 so 30 days after service you can submit all your final agreements.

The benefit to doing that is you probably get your case back before the six months totally done complete signed by the judge.

The only thing that will be pending will be that post dated six months date for your single status.

So I hope that make sense. Again, this is one of the number one questions that we get is that how long does Divorce take and that is your answer.

We are a full service Divorce Paralegal Firm. Please allow us to assist you with preparing your Divorce.

We work on flat fees. We’re a neutral third party and we can take care of your entire Divorce from start to finish.

129: California Divorce How To Serve Divorce Petition By Substituted Service

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In this episode, we’re going to talk about substituted service, substituted service.

When you file for divorce in California, those initial documents, in most cases need to be served in person.

There are some other ways that can go about that, but generally speaking it needs to be served in person by someone other than you over the age of 18.

Now one of the problems that can may come up is that you’ve attempted to serve your spouse multiple times or maybe you a hired a process server to serve you spouse multiple times, but they are either never there or they’re trying to avoid service for some strange reason, or they won’t come to the door for instance.

Let’s say that your spouse lives with their parents or some other person. And they never come to the door.

And we’ve had that happened in cases, we go there, we know they live there, that’s where their address is.

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Why You Don’t Need An Attorney For Your Burbank Divorce

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Why You Don’t Need An Attorney For Your Burbank Divorce

We’re a licensed and bonded Legal Document Preparation Firm specializing in Divorce.

So we’re a Paralegal Firm in essence and I want to talk to you about the Divorce process and for those of you who are looking for either a Divorce attorney or Divorce lawyer or Family Law attorney which is different names for the same thing, if you’re watching this video you’re probably looking for an attorney.

And I may have tricked you a bit but I wanted to just let you know that Divorce attorneys are not necessary when going through Divorce.

If you need legal advice or representation in court those are the only two instances where you do need an attorney.

But with what we’ve experienced having provided this affordable Paralegal Divorce service throughout California is that about 90% of the folks going through Divorce don’t need an attorney.

They don’t need representation. And they don’t even need legal advice for that matter.

If you’re going through an amicable case or at least it’s a case where you and your spouse are going to work collectively and cooperatively to some degree to try and get through this without staying mad at each other in court then you’re probably best using more affordable service such as ours.

We found that filing these many cases that we do 30-40 cases every month that these folks 99% of them would have never need an attorney and had they not found our service they would spend $5,000-$10,000 on law firm even on an easy case when they could have use our service for a much lower flat fee.

So I just want to let you know you do have alternatives to hiring an attorney for Divorce. And we can assist you with your Divorce in the Burbank area.

Please give us a call at 661-281-0266, I’ll be happy to talk to you about your specific circumstances and we can just go over what’s going on in your scenario.

And if you need an attorney, I’ll be the first one to tell you. We don’t want to take on any cases that we can’t handle or finish.

But what we’ll find is some most people think they need an attorney where in reality they don’t.

So if you give us a call, I’ll be happy to talk to you and see if it’s something that we can handle or if you would definitely need an attorney.

You can also go to our website at Divorce661.com for more information. We look forward to helping you when that day comes.

128: Why Life Insurance Should Be Part Of Your Divorce

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In this episode, we’re speaking with Todd Stelnick with LBW Insurance and Financial Services and we’re talking a little bit about Divorce and Life Insurance and how the two kind of interplay together.

Todd  brought up an interesting point of insurance should be possibly something you should consider when going through a Divorce.

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How To File For Divorce In Burbank California | Burbank Divorce Overview

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How To File For Divorce In Burbank California | Burbank Divorce Overview

We specialize in Divorce throughout California providing affordable Divorce services. And one of the biggest questions we get is, “Tim, how does Divorce work?”, “What is the Divorce process in Burbank?”

Since we’re talking to the folks in Burbank, let’s talk specifically about the Divorce process in Burbank which is very similar to the Divorce process throughout California.

So Divorce process in a nutshell looks like this. One of the parties needs to decide who’s going to file for Divorce.

That will become the petitioner. You need to fill out the initial documents for Divorce. Take them down the court. Get them filed.

Once you them filed and have the case number issued, you can then prepare to serve those. Now you can’t serve them.

You have to have anyone other than yourself over 18, not a party to the case to serve the Divorce papers to your spouse.

Once they’re served, the person who served them needs to sign the document saying they serve them and then you need to file that document with the court.

Next both parties, if you’re going through an Amicable case we will complete their financial disclosures. This is the incoming expense and schedule of assets and debts.

Those needs to be serve on both parties. So we’ll serve yours on your spouse and vice versa.

Then if it’s an Amicable cases just a matter of putting together your agreements, we’re talking about assets and debts who’s going to get what property, who’s getting the cars, what are you going to do with the kids if any, if there’s going to be a custody, visitation plan, what is the amount of spousal support and child support and so and so on.

So as you can see there’s a lot that goes into Divorce. And that’s why we have our flat fee Divorce Paralegal Firm here in Burbank to assist you all along the way.

We have all the court forms and software that the courts and attorneys have. And we are a full service Divorce Paralegal Firm which means we take care of everything from start to finish.

So if you’re looking for some assistance with your Divorce in Burbank, please give us a call.

And when I say Burbank we do handle all of California but if you live in the jurisdiction of the Burbank Court this video was for you.

Tim Blankenship, Divorce661.com, feel free to give me a call for a free consultation, 661-281-0266.

And keep in mind no office visit is necessary. We do a lot of what we do right over the phone and via email as we do have clients across California.

 

127: How To Transfer House Ownership After Divorce

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In this episode, we’re talking about, how do you go about changing the title on your home either during Divorce or after Divorce.

So what we find happens in many cases is that one of a few things will happen.

One of the parties will keep the house. The parties may keep the house in both their names and not refinance or a third option is that you sell the property.

In cases where you want to buy one of the party’s out, when you go to refinance the property, you can drop your spouse from the title of the home.

But what happens when you can’t refinance? And you’re just going to keep the existing loan on the property, how can you get the other party off of title?

What you have to do is do what’s called a quick claim deed. And you would file that with the county that you reside in.

And you can drop the other spouse off the property.

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