California divorce form FL-140 is known as the Declaration of Disclosure. It is essentially a cover sheet to the financial disclosures you will need to complete as part of your California divorce. This process of the divorce is called the Preliminary Declaration of Disclosure.
Your preliminary declaration of disclosure is made up of the following divorce forms.
Declaration of Disclosure FL-140
Income And Expense Declaration FL-150
Schedule of Assets and Debts FL-142
This is a post to introduce you to California Divorce Tutor which is our online self help version of our California divorce service. We show you exactly what you get when you join California Divorce Tutor and how we help you complete your California divorce step by step.
This video shows you how we help you prepare the California divorce form FL-105 which is a divorce form you will need if you have minor children. The courts want to know where your children have lived for the last 5 years and with whom. They essentially want to make sure that they (the courts) have the jurisdiction over the children in order to make custody and visitation orders.
This is an introduction to California Divorce Tutor to show you how the online California divorce service works. This is s tutorial to show you a behind the scenes on how to complete California Divorce form FL-110 which is the summons.
The California divorce form FL-110 is a fairly simple form to complete and there is not a whole lot of information to complete, but there is some important information regarding the ATRO’s also known as Automatic Temporary Restraining Orders.
This is a behind the scenes tutorial of of California Divorce Tutor which is an online divorce self help website where I walk you step by step on how to prepare your entire divorce on your own.
This video is about the behind the scenes form completion of the FL-100 for your California Divorce. I show you how I walk you through the completion of the FL-100 when you are looking to complete your own divorce.
This service is better than going to the court’s self help center for several reasons. First, it is done right from your home or office which means no driving to the court and waiting in line. Second, it is very cost effective. You will not have to miss work on several occasions to go down to the court house. Watch this brief video on how to prepare your own divorce using California Divorce Tutor.
How long does the divorce process take? When it comes to answering that question with regards to our office, we can get your divorce case completed in a single sitting and as fast as you can get the information to us.
But keep in mind that we are still constrained by the courts rules and timeframes. So even if we complete your entire divorce case in a single day or single meeting, we still need to process your paperwork with the divorce court per their timetables.
I explain more in this video and podcast.
People are surprised (happily) that they will not have to come up with a specific child custody agreement as part of their Santa Clarita divorce. Some people want a specific child custody agreement, but many of our clients do not. In fact, many of our child custody agreements simply say that the spouses will each have joint legal and joint physical custody and will co parent on an ongoing basis in the best interest of the children. That’s it.
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So let me start by saying that we do not give legal advice. But, I had a client ask me if it was necessary to state if you have assets and debts if both spouses are in total agreement regarding their assets and debts.
Here is what I stated. Nobody but the two of you know what you guys have. I don’t know and the Court does not know. If you don’t disclose your assets and debts, nobody is going to know. You will be signing a documents that says you complied with this requirement. The problem is that if you later have a disagreement with your spouse regarding the disposition of assets and debts you will have a court order from the divorce that does not indicate anything.
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Okay, just so you know, i am not giving legal advice here. Just talking about ways to save money and we are talking only about Santa Clarita divorce cases which are amicable and both parties are in total agreement.
If you are in total agreement and your Santa Clarita divorce case is amicable, then filing a response is just a waste of money. People fail to realize that when they go to file their divorce Response, they are going to be require to pay the divorce court fee as well. It is just a waste of money if you are in agreement.
With our clients, we purposely don’t have the Response filed for this reason. Watch this video or listen to the podcast where I explain.
I have phrased this information so many different ways. “How to save $435 on court filing fees”, “How to waste $435 in divorce court filing fees”, “Don’t file an uncontested Santa Clarita divorce case.
The point I am trying to get across is to help people understand that there are 2 court fees. Once when you file the divorce petition and the other when you file the divorce response. Watch this video or listen to the podcast where I explain how to save money on your Santa Clarita Divorce court filing fees.
Every year in January is considered “divorce season”. All the folks who held off from filing during the holidays creates a huge bubble of divorce cases come January. In Santa Clarita, this starts right when the kids go back to school. So for my kids that go to Valencia High School, that is today. I don’t know if all the Santa Clarita School Districts are on the same schedule, but we are already experiencing more calls as a result of school being back in and the holidays being over.
I explain more in this video and podcast.