In this episode, we talk about how long a divorce in California will normally take. We talk about California’s cooling off period, why the soonest you can get divorced is 6 months and when the 6 month clock actually starts ticking.
I want to talk about more specifically when the time that clock starts and when you can anticipate being done with your divorce.
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In this episode, we talk about the varying costs of getting a divorce in California. The amount of money you will spend depends on several factors such as if your case is uncontested or if you will battle it out in court.
Will you use an attorney, mediation or legal document preparation. We answer these questions about the average cost of divorce in this episode.
And we’re going to talk about the difference between using an attorney, using a mediation service or using a legal document preparation service such ours.
We’re going to kind of hit the lowest of cost and the highest of cost in what you could kind of expect to help you make a decision on which way you want to go in getting assistance with your divorce.
In this episode, we’re going to be talking about the four different ways you can get through your divorce in California. And we’re basically talking about the different ways of moving through the process with the paperwork specifically because there are different ways you can do this.
What we’re going to be talking about specifically is the difference between what’s called a default divorce, a contested divorce and uncontested divorce and what the courts use and what they call a hybrid which is a combination of a true default and uncontested divorce case.
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In this episode, we talk about whether or not you will have to go to court to complete your divorce in California. We discuss things you can do to avoid having to go to court and reasons why you might have to appear in front of a judge.
This is a very interesting episode, another topic that we are asked almost daily and this is if you have to go to court when you’re going through a divorce in California.
Now obviously this depends on a lot of things. But I will tell you with the utmost certainty that the cases we handle, the amicable cases, cases where the parties are working together to come to an agreement in their divorce case will not have to go to court in most cases.
In this episode, we talk about the issue of starting your California divorce years ago and never finishing it and if you can complete your case using the existing case or if you case was dismissed by the courts.
We’re going to talk about how long in case will sit with the courts without ever being completed.
Because this is a question that we get not everyday but I’d say at least once a week where we will get a call from someone who stared their divorce case whether they started their divorce on their own or they had an attorney years ago or what have you.
People are calling to find out how they can finish their divorce case. make sure to listen to the latest podcast.
In this episode, we are talking about what exactly is a Legal Document Assistant. A Legal Document Assistant is what we are.
We discuss the major differences between a Legal Document Assistant and a Paralegal. We will discuss why you don’t want to use a paralegal for your divorce and the rules they violate when doing so.
The distinction is actually quite simple. The functions are essentially the same but there are specific rules. I would say more specific rules for Legal Document Assistants than there are for Paralegal.
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In episode 16 we talk about the true value of our service. Yes, we provide expertly prepared divorce forms in California. But completing the divorce forms is only half the battle.
Our true value is the information we provide the answers to your questions all along the way during your divorce as far as the process and procedure of getting your divorce finalized.
And it’s very normal. In most cases it’s everyone’s first time going through divorce. And you’re going to have lots of questions and we will be here to answer all of your questions.
And we can do just about everything a law firm can do. Except giving legal advice and represent you in court.
In this episode, we talk about how we are a full service divorce firm and not some online divorce service or automated software program. When you work with our company you have real live people completing all of your divorce documents.
Being that we are full service divorce firm in California, we take care of everything from start to finish.
We’re not a company where you log in and you do all the work yourself and you have to go to court. We are a full service company.
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In this episode, we are talking about what a Qualified Domestic Relations Order or QDRO is. This is a legal document that you may need if you have a pension that needs to be divided as part of your California Divorce.
And we’re talking QDRO’s today because if you have a pension and you’re going through divorce there’s a chance, a high chance, that you’re going to need a QDRO if you’re to going to divide your pension.
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In this article we are going to talk more about how to list your property when addressing your property on your judgment of your divorce here in California.
So we have a lot of folks when people call us, so they will call us at the beginning and just they’ve decided right upfront they don’t want to use someone service.
They’re going to do it on their own. I think it’s simple and so forth. Some people call us in the middle of their case where they have filed and done some of the paperwork. And then they get stuck and then they call us to finish things up forth.
And then some people try to get through the entire case and get stuck at the judgment phase or get the judgment rejected multiple times. And in regards of where at your case we can certainly help you.
But in this video I want to talk to you about how to list certain property. And a lot of issues we’re seeing with clients who argues in our service they later come to us, “How do we list some of that property?”
So what we’re talking about is the judgment. And we’re talking about the property or order form when you’re completing your judgment and the property.
So a couple of things when you’re listing your property on the judgment you need to identify specifically so it doesn’t leave any doubt in the courts mind or the other parties mind what property you’re referring to.
So for instance, if you’re going to list a car on the judgment, you should list the year make, model and license plate. So 1999, Toyota Camry, license plate blah-blah. That’s how you should list it.
What we’re seeing with these people are just listing Honda Ford and that’s it. Well that’s not sufficient. That will be rejected by the court because it doesn’t identify the property specifically.
But you can also use the VIN but that’s obviously a lot longer number. So you’ll just be fine by just using the license plate.
Now for other types of vehicle like boats, trailers, off road motorcycles, there’s always going to be some type of identifying number.
For boat there’s a whole number. For trailers they have a license plate. There are identifying numbers for off road motorcycles. So just use those numbers to identify it specifically.
The other thing is a home. If you have a home and you’re going to be–if you’re going to address that in your divorce which of course you will. You can’t just list the property address.
You need to get the legal description of the property. Now the easiest way is to simply pull out your deed. And go to the appendix that gives the legal description.
It’s essentially a short paragraph that it describes those legal description Lot 4 of Track 9 and so forth.
Bank accounts and credit cards. So when you’re listing these items, what you want to list is the name of the bank and just the last four digits of the account.
You don’t want to put the whole 16 digits account number of your credit card. You don’t want to put all the digits of your bank account because essentially these documents aren’t public record.
So you’re not going to want to have your account numbers out there one more way someone can access your personal information. So for instance, your credit card Bank of America, last four digits 1234.
That’s all you need to say, maybe Bank of America Visa, 1234. And if it’s a checking account then Bank of America Checking, 1234. That’s how you’d list that type of property.
So regardless of what it is just adequately describe it. So there’s no doubt in your mind, the other party’s mind or the courts mind with that property.
This is Tim Blankenship divorce661.com. We specialized in providing paralegal divorce services here in California. Make sure you give us a call.
I’d be happy to help you anywhere in California with your divorce at any stage with your divorce in California. 661-281-0266 free consultation just let me know you watched our video and I’ll be happy to take care of you.
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