088: Does Fault Matter During Divorce In California

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In this episode, we’re talking about here in California Divorce cases it doesn’t matter whose fault it is when you get Divorce knowing that California is a No Fault State.

So I just want to break that down a little bit. And then tell you about some of the things that we’ve seen with some of our clients.

And you can decide if what’s fair or if you’ll agree with how the law works. So in California it is a No Fault State. The honest truth is the courts do not care why you’re getting a Divorce.

They don’t ask. No one will ask you. No one will care.

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Divorce Paralegal In Fullerton CA – Fullerton Divorce Service

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Divorce Paralegal In Fullerton CA – Fullerton Divorce Service

Today we’re talking to the folks in Fullerton, California who maybe thinking about going through a Divorce or maybe you’re amidst of Divorce and you need some help with your Divorce case in Fullerton.

Licensed and bonded Legal Document Preparation Firm. We specialize only in Divorce. So we help clients all throughout California.

So I wanted to let you know a little bit about our business and perhaps we would be the best choice for you to help you with your Divorce case.

We are that attorney alternative service. We’re here to help you with your Divorce. We are a full service Divorce Paralegal Firm.

So what that means is we will do everything from A-Z just like a law firm would. The only that we don’t do is to give a legal advice.

So we’re not looking for folks who are going through an Amicable Divorce or trying to work towards getting their Divorce case finished without having to go to court.

And if you use our service and you are working towards an Amicable Divorce, you won’t even have to go to court.

So the courts don’t want to work and see you in their court rooms. They want you to work things out on your own.

And we can help facilitate that. We are a neutral third party, so, we can work with both spouses at no extra cost.

Now being that we are a full service, we’ll do everything from filling out the forms, going down to your local court house and file them for you, so, you don’t have to deal with that.

We’ll serve the documents, do all the financial disclosures, all the processes and procedures as the court requires. We will take care of.

And we’ll complete your final judgment. That means the agreements.

And we’re talking about who’s getting what property? How are you going to divide things up? What are you going to do with the kids? Who’s going to keep them?

If you’re going to share them, custody visitation, child support, spousal support, all of that.

We have all the forms and all the software that the courts and attorneys have. We have access to all of that.

So there’s no need for any other outside services. We can get you through your entire Divorce case without any additional fees.

Now if you did any additional services like mediation or things of that nature, we can point you on the right direction by either way using our services is going to be the most affordable, streamline way in getting your Divorce completed here in California.

So make sure right give us a call. Free consultation, we want to make sure that you’re a good fit for our company and you have a case that we can help you with.

So give us a call. We’ll run through the process and procedures, what’s going to take to get you done.

And then when you’re ready to move forward you just let us know and we’ll be ready to move forward for you.

One more thing, you won’t have to come to our office. I’m not sure if I mention that.

We do have clients all throughout California. So you won’t have to travel to our office.

We’ll do it right over the phone or via email or whatever is easiest for you.

 

087: Divorce Paralegal In Walnut California Walnut Divorce Service

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In this episode, we’re talking to the folks in Walnut, California.

I just want to let you know about my business and how we can help you save some money, get you through your Divorce case without the need for hiring an attorney in Walnut.

So my name is Tim Blankenship. We have a licensed and bonded Legal Document Preparation Firm.

What’s that mean is we are a Divorce Paralegal Firm and all we do is specializes in Divorce. That’s all we do all throughout California.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast.

Divorce Paralegal In Brea California |Brea Divorce Service

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Divorce Paralegal In Brea California |Brea Divorce Service

Today we’re talking to the folks in Brea, California. I want to let you know a little bit about my company and how we can help you with your Divorce in Brea, California.

I’m a licensed and bonded Legal Document Preparation Firm. It’s the company that I own. We specialize only in Divorce.

So we are that attorney alternative. We are that affordable option to get you your Divorce completed in Brea.

Now we are a full service Divorce Paralegal Firm. So what that means is we do everything from A-Z for you.

We will take care of prepping the documents, filling out the forms. We don’t leave that for you to do.

We’ll fill out the forms. We’ll go down to the court. We’ll file them. We will serve them.

Handle all the financial disclosures, all the processes and procedures that the court requires so we will take care of that.

And we’ll also complete your final agreements. So when you get Divorce, you have to distribute your property, your assets and debts.

That’ll have to be divided. You have to deal with your children as far as custody, visitation, child support, spousal support, all of that is dealt with in your Divorce.

And we can take care of that for you. We have become the go-to firm in California for affordable Divorce services.

So make sure you check out our website at Divorce661.com. We do handle all of California.

And there’s no worry, you don’t have to come to our office unless you want to. We do help clients all throughout California.

And we have a streamline method of filling Divorce cases with all the courts throughout California.

Feel free to give us a call. We’ll be happy to provide our free over the phone consultation, talk to you about you and your specific circumstances that you’ve got going on with your situation.

And make sure you’re a good fit for our company, explain to you exactly the steps and processes it’s going to take to get your Divorce completed in Brea.

And wrap things up for you. I’ll be happy to do that for free. Free phone call consultation. Make sure you’re a good fit.

You can go to our website at Divorce661.com. We have our pricing right on our webpage, right on our pricing page.

It’s upfront. It’s flat fee, there’s no hourly rates. And it’s a good way to get your Divorce done if you’re looking to hire a professional firm to complete it for you or you won’t have to worry about the steps, the process and the procedures and you won’t have to go to court.

We work with clients that are going through what we call uncontested Divorce cases. So these are folks that are trying to work towards an agreement.

They’re trying to come up with the agreements for their Divorce. They’re not trying to go to court to fight over things.

They’re going to work things out as best as they can on their own. We can assist you with mediation services if you need help coming to agreements.

That’s not a problem. We just don’t help folks who are going to court and fighting over things.

So we’re looking for those amicable style cases which we do so many cases now in California that’s a lot of them go that route.

So give us a call. We’ll let you know if your circumstances will work with our company and it’s something that we can get done for you.

So just give us a call, that’d be the easiest way to figure things out. And again, we’ll help you anywhere in California.

But for the folks in Brea, we look forward in helping you when you need us. Thank you.

086: Divorce Paralegal In Fullerton California Fullerton Divorce Service

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In this episode, we’re talking to the folks in Fullerton, California who maybe thinking about going through a Divorce or maybe you’re amidst of Divorce and you need some help with your Divorce case in Fullerton.

Licensed and bonded Legal Document Preparation Firm. We specialize only in Divorce. So we help clients all throughout California.

So I wanted to let you know a little bit about our business and perhaps we would be the best choice for you to help you with your Divorce case.

We are that attorney alternative service. We’re here to help you with your Divorce. We are a full service Divorce Paralegal Firm.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast.

Homeowners Insurance Issues During Divorce

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Homeowners Insurance Issues During Divorce

Tim: Let’s talk about Homeowners Insurance.

Jon: Okay.

Tim: What do you have for us is there. And I was looking for some notes that I found online really just changing policies or Renter Insurance if you’re going to sell the family home, you’re going to be renting and you’re talking about maybe something combining Renters Insurance with your other insurance and you’ll get some discounts.

Jon: Right. So I’ll start by saying this, when we say Homeowners Insurance we’re only talking about people who own homes and people who might own condos or who might actually rent an apartment or home or any house.

So it kind of encompasses all that. The big difference is from an insurance standpoint you’ve been paying most likely for one home or one residence where you live.

Well and all like we said, as you split up you’re going to need to pay for two. So again there’s a cost issue here which brings up the idea of ‘it’s time to take a look.’

You might have been in a home before. And now you’re going to rent a location.

What that impacts insurance as well, is companies almost all companies gives discounts when you have your home, car with or your home and rental with them.

So again it’s another opportunity that if you’re going to go ahead and split things apart to take a look and take advantage really of any discounts that may be available.

Most companies give a little bit bigger discounts if it’s a home or a renter but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t opportunity for you that if you’re going to split apart and you’re now renting an apartment to look for what company gives you the best discounts and overall it’s a package.

Tim: Okay.

Jon: So that’s one thing that we certainly would want to encourage people to do.

Tim: To look at not only add over to get your Renters Insurance and maybe combining packages.

One thing I tell people is, when they get Divorce like were talking about separate households, separate incomes, you now have the same income the two parties were making, now handling two households it’s never going to be the same…

Jon: Right.

Tim: …scenario financially. It’s not going to be the same scenario to live in some cases.

Jon: And it’s unfortunate because that’s the time when the insurance piece which nobody likes to talk about is actually probably going up as well because you’re now ensuring more things and you have to ensure before.

So it just drives to the point of looking at it and making some good decisions and working with somebody who can walk you through that process.

Tim: And bringing up the things they don’t need and they don’t know to bring up. That’s one of the biggest things in my line of work is they don’t know the questions they should be asking.

Jon: Right.

Tim: Right? So they probably won’t even be thinking that maybe they thought ‘Hey, Tim told me that I should talk to John about my Auto Insurance.’

And then you’re going to bring up, ‘Okay, so where are you moving? Are you going be renting?’

Jon: Right.

Tim: Let’s talk about Renters Insurance.

Jon: Well and I think the other piece that goes in there too is as you separate your belongings, most policies have special coverages for special blinds like of the wedding ring for example or your mothers jewelries, all those things.

Well, you might be taking those out of the Homeowners policy and you’re moving you’re taking them with you when you do the Renter Policy. Well those things need special coverage too.

So there are maybe things you hadn’t thought about before and again driving home at the point of reviewing it.

And if you have anything that’s a value maybe you were able to take that out of the relationship, then you want to make sure you have the coverage for it as worth it as to take it out the relationship…

085: Divorce Paralegal In Brea California Brea Divorce Service

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In this episode, we’re talking to the folks in Brea, California. I want to let you know a little bit about my company and how we can help you with your Divorce in Brea, California.

I’m a licensed and bonded Legal Document Preparation Firm. It’s the company that I own. We specialize only in Divorce.

So we are that attorney alternative. We are that affordable option to get you your Divorce completed in Brea.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast.

Small Business Video Marketing Success

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Small Business Video Marketing Success

Tim: So Connor MacIvor, Santa Clarita Real Estate expert. I’d be surprised if you’re not able to watch this. I’ve already watched one of your thousands of videos.

Connor: Oh yes! Most of my crappy videos I have two views, one is to me and one’s mom. So that’s pretty clear.

Tim: My kids joked at me because they say, ‘Dad you only got five views on that video.’ And I said, ‘Yes! But I have 500 videos times five and some get more five some get several hundreds or thousands but yes they’re not like viral videos.

It’s an information based that are out there for people who are researching for this information.

Connor: Right!

Tim: …to find it.

Connor: And we don’t have the cute kitten.

Tim: No!

Connor: That’s fur is particularly near the baby in the bath tub.

Tim: Yes.

Connor: That was a funny video.

Tim: So you have I mean you have, I kind of copied everything you’ve done just so you know.

You have podcast. You have video you do daily. You do slideshows. You do blog post too.

I mean you have so much content out there no matter what mode you like to digest it, it’s there, it’s available.

Connor: You know what this is good for and you embraced it. And I’m so impressed!

People want to see you. They don’t want to see an actor. They don’t want to see somebody that’s trying to post himself through another person as trying to be the best of the best.

They want to see transparency.

Tim: Yes.

Connor: This is an off the cuff interview basically between you and I. And this is what people want to see.

Tim: Exactly!

Connor: We’re not going win wars. We’re not going to go viral.

I’ve had some videos that have gotten a lot of views that I don’t know why. I can’t pull it apart and figure out why that one.

But maybe the key words were right, maybe the story was right, maybe the day was right, who knows? But this is how people learn.

And I know when I’m watching videos on YouTube especially if it’s this interview format, I’ll just let it playing go on—

Tim: With the background, yes?

Connor: Yes.

Tim: Yes.

Connor: Because it’s such educational.

Tim: That’s the whole point education. We get all videos and podcasts. We have this live broadcast on Thursdays –

Connor: Got your radio show?

Tim: Actually, well I had it open. People can actually go on and chat real now. This is only our fifth one.

So as soon as we start marketing this, I think this is going to catch on three or four months. People are going to start coming in and I hope asking questions.

And we won’t even have to have a topic. It’ll just be ‘Okay, what’s the question? Call me now.’

Connor: Absolutely!

Tim: And do it that way. So that’s really what I’m hoping for that route. So how can people get a hold of you?

I mean they should call you if they’re thinking of Divorce and needs some information?

Connor: Yes, we have everything primary displayed on our website Paris911.com.

Tim: I did that. Are you impressed?

Connor: [the Codec 38:22].

Tim: Yes.

Connor: Yes, it’s good. I love that player [the Codec 38:25].

But yes, just go there in any contact on that site you’re going to get me. So you’re going to talk to yours truly. Usually my voice is an S sexy…

Tim: Very raspy.

Connor: Yes, now. But it’s like a bedroom voice. Some mic I do pretty well. But anyway, yes, so that’s the best way to reach out and I’ll answer your questions.

One of the things that’s important, interview multiple agents. The thing is to whenever you’re looking to get information, don’t sign anything right away.

If they’re bringing you to their office to talk to you and they hand you a piece of paper they say, ‘Well, I need you to’ – ‘Come on, really?’

You just want information. So understand that going in, not all agents are crazy. You will know but not everybody is the same.

So interview those most you find to be the most comfortable because you’re about to go on a journey that could get really ugly.

It’s already probably ugly because now here you are getting Divorce. Find somebody that sympathetic to that.

Tim: Yes. And you have an AP?

Connor: Oh!

Tim: I love that AP. I have it on my phone. What do they need in iTunes? What do they search for to find your AP?

Connor: Yes, as far as searching for housings.

Tim: Yes.

Connor: There are couples. You can look for California Homes. That’s our AP in the AP store. It’s also in the Android market place.

You can also text the letters SCV to 87778. So if you have your cell phone right now or iPod just text the letters SCV for Santa Clarita Valley to 87778.

So that’s pretty easy. So yes on our website Paris911.com and get there you’ll see the Mac Box at the top part.

It’s like a search thing, you can also punch the word AP in there and you’ll get all the downloadable stuff.

Tim: Very cool.

Connor: Yes, you’ve done a fantastic job with Divorce661.

Tim: Can you tell I copied you?

Connor: Oh, don’t say that.

Tim: I copied you.

Connor: I didn’t think of that.

Tim: Yes, I did. I see your blogs and it works, let’s do that. The videos do videos and—

Connor: You’re just—I like the informational approach. And I think people like that. People don’t like to be sold.

You’re not asking for anything.

Tim: No!

Connor: You’re not saying 70 50 Bucks and I’ll do this. You’re showing people how to save. What was that thing you had coming out that came out this morning?

Saving $492—

Tim: For filing fees, yes.

Connor: Yes, that’s awesome!

Tim: Yes.

Connor: I mean really? Who’s doing that?

Tim: Yes.

Connor: Who’s even mentioning that?

Tim: Right.

Connor: It’s—

Tim: It’s funny in that sequence that was the most opened email.

Connor: Yes.

Tim: So people have money on their minds when—

Connor: Absolutely!

Tim: …when going through this. But going back to what he said about just being real people and not actors and giving out information, people watch this and they see who we are. And they’re going to make their decision.

Do I like that person or not? So it helps people make that decision so they’re not going call if they watched us and getting in to something that we don’t like that guy and –

Connor: Yes, he’s got no hair.

Tim: Well good then that saves me time. People that call us they usually say, ‘Tim, I saw you. I watched several of your videos.’ They already know you.

Connor: Yes.

Tim: When they come in to for services we go out there and they’re already getting up the couch, I don’t know who they are. But they already know me.

Just so the video, my voice and all that now in town people are starting ‘Oh, I saw you on Facebook.’

Connor: Buy you drinks and offer—

Tim: Yes. Well, I appreciate you coming out here Connor. This was great.

Connor: You’re welcome.

Tim: Yes.

Connor: Absolutely.

Tim: I really like this whole interview set-up we got here.

Connor: Yes, it’s really nice and you’re doing a great job.

Tim: Cool! Alright, let me see if I can figure out how to shut this down. I tell you this is a three man operation and I’m doing it all by myself.

Every Thursday, live broadcast at 1pm. We have a chat room if you go to Live Cast tab on the Divorce661.com website and it’ll take you right through the most recent broadcast coming up.

And the chat room is just below the video. And we’ll know if you’re online and watching otherwise you can ask question.

We are monitoring it. So hopefully this will catch on.

Connor, Paris911.com thanks so much for coming. I appreciate it.

Connor: Pleasure.

Tim: And well hopefully to have you back on again soon.

 

 

084: Divorce In A Day In California

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In this episode, we will talk about divorce in a day in California. We are talking a little bit more about our divorce in a day program.

Ever since the courts in California started announcing this plan of trying to do divorce in a day which in my previous video I’ve said it’s pretty much a misnomer you can’t really get divorced in a day.

We have been getting some calls on it and people asking how this can be achieved.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast to know more about divorce in a day in California.

Divorce A Good Time To Revisit Auto Insurance

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Divorce A Good Time To Revisit Auto Insurance

Tim: The liability extends for instance if they have low policy coverage of maybe $15,000 and then the injuries perhaps exceed…

Jon: Right.

Tim: …that they could go after. They reach out some other liability there?

Jon: Right, so, you bring up a good point which is the coverages. And when you go through a Divorce, most likely, you haven’t looked at your coverage for a few years.

And the coverage really should match the assets you have.

So if you know you have a million dollars with your assets, you should probably have the million dollars with the liability to protect that.

So as you separate and then your assets makes many change in a certain area. So there were many changes.

So it’s a good time to revisit. But to answer your question, about having lower limits like that you’re absolutely right.

So what happens is in my scenario where I have the accident, if I have little limits just because if someone sues me for a $100,000 and I’m carrying a State minimum like about $15000. I’m not personally liable for that extra $85,000.

If my wife is still registered on my car now, she just became liable for that, my ex-wife she just because liable for that as well.

Tim: Right.

Jon: So really it’s a good time especially if somebody else has been no one taking care of your insurance or you haven’t looked at your insurance in awhile, it’s really a good time to revisit those coverages and make sure you have the liability that you need.

Another piece of that is the uninsured mother’s support. So if for example, if you hit me and you don’t have enough insurance or you don’t have any insurance, my policy if I have the proper protection will still protect me as if you would have that insurance.

So that’s important too. So if you’re going to the review, that’s really good to go with it with a broker or agent and goes through all your policy coverages.

Make sure you understand what they need. And pick the levels that are right for you.

Tim: So if you had a million dollar that worth combined within you and your spouse and you’re going to have the assets, let’s say now $500,000 you’re not going to want that lower potentially?

Jon: You could. It’s one thing to consider especially in your time of saving cost and they will tell you that the cost different is very minimal.

In those kinds of situations and the other thing is it’s not all your assets, it’s what your future income is.

So you may not have a lot of assets but you’re making a hundred grand a year, then in California they can come after a portion of that.

They can garnish your wages. So one way or another it’s still a good idea to just kind of assess how much you have, how much you might be making and then swap the proper coverages.

And let’s say going through Divorce is a perfect time to think about those kinds of situations.