California Divorce – How To Serve Petition By Certified Mail

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California Divorce – How To Serve Petition By Certified Mail

Today, we’re talking about a special way or a specific way of serving divorce documents. And this is what’s called certified mail.

And I’m sure you’ve heard of those certified mail process but what a lot of people don’t understand is you can serve in certain circumstances you can serve your initial divorce documents by certified mail.

There are couple conditions where you can use that and I want to go over that with you.

So normally the initial divorce documents need to be served by process server or by personal service, anyone over the age of 18.

But when your spouse lives out of State, the California courts with your Divorce allow you to serve those initial documents by certified mail.

There are couple conditions on that.

Number one is you have to have somebody else send this certified mail to your spouse.

And of course, this is something that’ll probably only work if your spouse is in agreement because normally either the post office employee will sign off saying that they handed the documents directly to your spouse or if your spouse is home, they will have your spouse, will sign the certified mail receipt which it will be returned to you.

And again you have to use the return receipt on the certified mails.

So it’s a little card that you’ll get back. That’s your proof that the Divorce documents were in fact received by the other party.

So once you get that certified mail card back, you’re going to file that with the proof of service. And that’s how you let the court know that they were served.

So a couple conditions I just want to recap on. And then I want to go in another topic, is, number one, someone else has to mail the certified mail.

Number two you want to use return receipt. In fact you have to use return receipt that’s your only evidence than it was received.

And you’re only going to want to use this if your spouse is out of State.

Now what other conditions?

When you serve your divorce documents in California by a certified mail out of State, normally in a normal divorce after 30 days after your spouse has been served, you can file a default and you can move on with the default case if that’s what the way you’re going to move forward with your Divorce in California.

But when you do it by certified mail, you need to wait 40 days after the service using certified mail.

So it’s normally 30 days. But when you do certified mail out of State, it’s an additional of 10 days. So it’s 40 days after the certified mail receipts said they were served or received the divorce documents before you can file the default or requesting a default in your divorce case.

I hope that makes sense. I’m just trying to prevent people from getting their cases rejected.

We’ve had some clients called us saying, “Hey, Tim I waited 30 days. And I filed my default. And it was rejected.” and I said “You have to wait 40 days because it was a certified mail out of State process.”

Tim Blankenship Divorce661.com, feel free to call the number on your screen, I’d be happy to give you a free consultation.

We do handle Divorce cases anywhere in California.  Thanks for watching.

Divorce Paralegal In Cerritos, CA Cerritos Divorce Service

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Divorce Paralegal In Cerritos, CA Cerritos Divorce Service

Today, we’re talking to the folks in Cerritos, California.

We want to tell you a little bit about our Divorce Paralegal Service in Cerritos California. And let you know a little bit about what we can do for you, how we can save you some money and so forth.

So as a Legal Document Preparation Firm, essentially, we are a Paralegal firm. And we specialize only in Divorce in California.

So what can we do for you?

Well we do everything a law firm would do for you except two things. We don’t do legal advice. And we don’t represent you in court.

So what that means is essentially we are a neutral third party that works with both spouses. And of course we can give you guidance as far as the process and procedure and answer those types of questions.

But if it comes to legal types of questions we’ll have to direct you to appropriate attorney or perhaps a consultation to get those questions answered.

But outside of that we can everything to get your case finalized.

Now what can we do for you?

Everything, essentially, we fill out all your forms for you. No questionnaires or anything for you to do.

We fill them out for you. We go down to the court house for you and file your documents.

We take care of processing your documents, preparing them, serving them and filing them.

We will also help in completing your financial disclosures and all the processes and procedures that it takes to get your case done in Cerritos and finalize it and clean the final judgment which takes care of your final agreements as far as your children are concerned, spousal support, child support, custody visitation and distribution of assets and debts.

We’ll take care of all of that. We have access to all the court forms, the attorneys and the courts have.

We have the DissoMaster software which helps calculate child support and spousal support. All of that is included in our flat fee pricing.

So go ahead and jump on our website at divorce661.com. And feel free to watch some of our videos.

We have a podcast with the tons of information. And when you’re ready give us a call.

The numbers is on your screen. I’d be happy to give you a free consultation.

Make sure we’re the right service for you. And if not I’ll be happy to refer you to a local attorney in the Cerritos area.

But outside of that we’ll be happy to help you in your Divorce in Cerritos California. You do not have to come to our office unless you want to.

A lot of people throughout California will just do it remotely either on the phone or via email. And we’ll be happy to facilitate the process in anyway that makes it easier on you.

Divorce Paralegal In Lakewood, CA Lakewood CA Divorce

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Divorce Paralegal In Lakewood, CA Lakewood CA Divorce

Today, we’re talking to the folks in Lakewood California.

We wanted to let you know that we are a licensed and bonded Legal Document Preparation Firm. We specialize only in Divorce.

So what that means is that we are a Legal Preparation Firm in essence. And we specialize only in Divorce. And we are serving the Lakewood, California community.

I just want to take a few minutes to share with you what we do and what we can do for you to help you get you through your Divorce process.

So as a full service Divorce firm serving Lakewood, California, we will do everything from beginning to end.

We fill out all your forms. We go down the court for you. We file them. We serve them.

We do all the processes and procedures that the court requires, that way you don’t have to worry about a thing as far as what’s next, how to fill up the forms or having to go to court and taking time away from work and family and so forth.

We will do all that for you. In fact we will do everything a law firm for you.

The only thing we don’t do is give legal advice or represent you in court.

But we can certainly give you information as far as the process, procedure and points you in the right direction. If you have legal type of questions, we could assist you in getting those answered through consultations through an attorneys if need be.

We are that affordable option in getting through your Divorce. If you’re going to use a service like ours your Divorce should be somewhat amicable.

Meaning you guys are going to at least attempt to work things out. And we can be the person in between.

We can be that neutral third party and work with both of you to get your Divorce finalize and help you through the process in making decisions to get your Divorce done for affordable rate and not throw all your money away on attorneys.

I hope this video was helpful. Please feel free to go to our website at divorce661.com.

We do serve all of California but this video is specifically made for the folks in Lakewood, California.

Please give us a call I’d be happy to give you a free consultation.

The number is on your screen. We want to make sure that our service would be a good fit for you.

And you do not have to come to our office unless you want to. We do serve clients all throughout California.

So if you want to do this via email, or over the phone, we’d be happy to do that as well whatever is more convenient for you.

Getting Married Young Results In Higher Divorce Rates

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Getting Married Young Results In Higher Divorce Rates

Today, we’re talking about a new study that was done. And the study was done by the University of North Carolina.

And this study kind of change what the beliefs were about one of the leading causes of Divorce.

Now what this article went in to and what this study had to do with is finding out and learning more about does cohabiting or just living together with your soon to be spouse have anything to do with Divorce.

And I think it was a common held belief that in the past over the last few decades that if you live together prior to marriage that, that was one of the leading causes of Divorce or it was a cause of Divorce.

I shouldn’t say it’s a leading cause. But that we believed that for decades.

And that’s what a research proved, is that if you live together prior to marriage that you had a greater risk of getting divorce.

And this new study what they did is they basically learned that they had looked at the wrong variable.

So what they now have determined is that it’s not so much of living together prior to marriage that’s the caused of Divorce.

It is age at which people starts setting down. So this was attributed more to younger folks living together prior to marriage.

And it wasn’t that living together that was the leading attribute to Divorce.

It was the fact that they were living together at a younger age and settling down earlier than before. And that was the caused.

So it was the age of them living together. Not that living together prior to marriage that was causing leading to additional divorces.

So just a recap, that it’s the age of people moving in together.

And what they’re essentially saying is settle down to soon too young which is interesting, an interesting finding I think.

And I’m just wondering what other people think of that.

Do you think it is the leading cause or it is an attribute for younger children moving together with their soon to be spouse?

Is it just that people are getting married too soon as opposed to the fact that they are living together prior to marriage?

I think it’s an interesting question. But according to this study, it’s that our younger generations are now moving in together and they’re settling down. And I guess you can say so like in a mate, prior too soon, according to this study.

So I’d be interested to hear what you have to say. What do you think it is?

Is it do you agree with this recent study that the younger generations are settling down too soon and perhaps not –I don’t want to use the words pointing the field, but looking and searching out for that final soul mate.

I’ll tell you this though. I just think that these the younger generations everything is changing.

Not just with relationships but just in life and how we consume information across the board, our younger generations going to be doing things much differently than the older generations then.

So feel free to leave some comments below.

I’d be interested to hear what you’ll have to say about this most recent study attributing to additional divorces with the younger generations settling down too soon.

 

044: How To Save Money On Divorce With Unbundled Legal Services

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In this episode we talk about what unbundled legal services are and what limited scope representation is. Both of these services can save you money if you do in fact need an attorney for your California divorce.

And this is more of an instructional episode. We’re going to be informing people about what Unbundled Services are. And what it means to hire an attorney in a limited scope representation situation.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast.

043: Have We Been Mislead On The True Rate Of Divorce

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In this episode, we will discuss if we have been mislead on the true rate of divorce. For a very long time, it has been common knowledge that the divorce rate is around 50%, meaning that 50% of all marriages will end in divorce. Recently we read a statistic that says this is wrong and that current research shows the divorce right around 20% to 30% which is much lower than we thought.

So what we’re talking about today is–what is the true rate of divorce in the United States? What is the true rate of divorce? What percentage of people of marriages and in divorce?

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast.

The Process Of Filing For Divorce In California

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Join us live for our next live broadcast this Thursday, May 29, 2014, where we will be discussing the process of filing for divorce, from the documents needed to what you need to have in place before filing for divorce. We will discuss the process from start to finish and will be taking your calls live.

042: California Is A No Fault Divorce State

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In this episode, we will talk about “California Is A No Fault Divorce State”. What exactly does this word, “No Fault” mean when it comes to divorce in California and how does that compare to other states where you must prove a reason why you want the divorce.

I want to talk about the difference between a No Fault Divorce and a Fault Divorce. So in California, as far as divorce is concerned, we are a No Fault State. Now, we focused primarily in California. That’s our specialty, California divorce.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast.

041: How Divorce In California Affects Your Family And Friends

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In this episode, we talk about how divorce affects your friends and family. It is not just about you, your spouse, your kids and your property. A lot more people are affected by your divorce than you might think.

We’re going to talk about, who, and what is affected when you go through a divorce.

The reason I brought this up is a lot people think that when they get divorced that all it has to do is with themselves, their spouse, their children and their property. And that’s just not true. There is a lot more that is going on behind the scenes.

There are a lot more people in your life that are going to be affected by your divorce.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast.