Filing Request To Enter Default In CA Divorce When Spouses Live Together

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Filing Request To Enter Default In CA Divorce When Spouses Live Together

Today we came across something interesting. We had a client who gives us a call.

They were attempting to do their own divorce and they’re having trouble all along the way but specifically in the area of trying to file their request to enter default.

And when they came to us they had had the default rejected and it was for a reason that we hadn’t seen before.

We’ve never had this problem and I don’t know if it’s because we are filing paperwork for folks in a professional manner and the courts know who we are or because these person are representing themselves.

But this is what it was in regards to.

So the default was rejected, she had filed the request to enter default and it was rejected and the rejection letter from the court said, “If petitioner and respondent reside at the same address or the address of the respondent on the default request is different with the address on the proof of service, petitioner must submit a declaration under penalty of perjury explaining why.”

So what we get out of these is if you file for divorce and you’re still living with your spouse and you use that same address on the petition for you and your spouse.

They basically want to know why you are filing for a default if your spouse is there in the same household. Why wouldn’t they respond, why wouldn’t she do a hybrid or a default with agreement.

I guess it’s an interesting topic because we’ve filed many cases where the husband and wife live together throughout the divorce for financial reasons. Only deciding to separate once the divorce is actually finalized.

We haven’t ever run across this, I don’t know if this is a new rule of doing so but it appears now that if you’re using the same address for both petitioner and respondent and you’re filing a default case. You need to provide a written declaration of why this is the case.

And I would assume the answer would be, we’re still living together for financial reasons and petitioner and respondent still residing together and we’re filing a default because we don’t want to pay for the other filing fee. Or we’re filing a default because we’re in agreement so there’s no reason to respond.

Those would probably be some acceptable reasons for your written declaration. So, it’s not a big deal.

What they’re trying to avoid, I gather, is having someone file, saying they were served and then defaulting and the person actually not knowing that the divorce was ever finalized.

I think that’s what the courts are trying to prevent happen. Kind of like a fraudulent divorce where people finalize the divorce and the other person never even knew the divorce was happening. That’s what I get out of this particular rejection letter.

So, I’m going to talk about this a little bit more in future videos but this was something new that came up that we hadn’t seen.

So if you are representing yourself, keep in mind if you use the same address, it appears now that you need a declaration explaining why you’re filing a default when you live with the same location and your spouse should be available to respond or enter into a written agreement with you.

Tim Blankenship, divorce661.com, we handle divorce cases all throughout California. Please give us a call at 661-281-0266. I’d be happy to give you a free consultation over the phone.

Divorce Paralegal Service In Westwood, CA

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Divorce Paralegal Service In Westwood, CA

Today we are talking to our friends in Westwood, California.

We’re talking about what we can do to help you with your divorce.

Now, we’re located in Santa Clarita, California but we do have state-wide divorce service where we can help you from start to finish with your divorce and I want to talk to you a little bit about what we can do for you and how we can help you save money getting through your divorce.

We are full service, that means that we fill out all the forms, we go down the court for you, we file them, we serve them, we will do all the financial disclosures that are mandatory by the court.

All the processes and procedures will be taken care of by us so you don’t have to worry about what forms do you have to fill out or what you have to do next, we take care of all that.

We also will prepare your final judgment, also known as the agreement. Now, this includes everything. From distribution of your property, who’s going to get what property, how is it going to be divided?

We also will take care of any parenting plans, custody, visitation, spousal support issues, child support issues and so forth.

Everything is included in the final agreement for your divorce. Keep in mind that we are in Santa Clarita but we are serving all of Los Angeles County. We do have a courier service that files our documents for us so you don’t have to worry about going to court.

You won’t either have to come to our office. We have a streamlined approach that we can do this either over the phone or through a questionnaire format via email, whichever is more appropriate for you. Whatever is easier for you.

One of the best things about our service aside from us taking care of everything for you is that we are here for you for questions, comments if you have question about the process, or you need help getting through the process, that’s where a lot of our help will be shown.

Make sure to give us a call, I’d be happy to help you with your divorce here in California. 661-281-0266 or again just jump over to our website at divorce661.com for more information.

Divorce Paralegal Service In West Los Angeles, CA

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Divorce Paralegal Service In West Los Angeles, CA

Today we’re talking to the folks in West Los Angeles who are considering going to a divorce and perhaps looking for more affordable approach than hiring an attorney for your divorce.

I wanted to talk to you about our service, what we do and what we charge and see if maybe we would be a better alternative for you for your divorce.

We are a full service divorce paralegal form. We do work all throughout California and we are located in Los Angeles County.

Now, we are full service. That means that we are going to fill out all your forms, we’re going to go down the court for you, we’re going to file your forms, we’re going to serve them, we’re going to do all the financial disclosures, court processes and procedure.

You’re not going to have to worry about that or go down to court at all, assuming everything is an agreement and we’re also going to help you prepare your judgment.

Your judgment includes everything from distribution of property, essentially who’s going to get what and how is it going to be divided.

We’ll help you with custody and visitation plans, parenting plan, child support, spousal support or anything that’s involved with separating, going your separate ways.

Essentially we do everything that a law firm would do for you except for give you legal advice and represent you in court. So the idea here is working somewhat amicably towards a cooperative divorce solution and you can rely on us obviously to complete the paperwork.

But not only that, to help you and to be there for you if you have questions about how to divide up your property or what kind of parenting plan can you come up with things like that. We can certainly help you with that as well.

So please give us a call, I’d be happy to talk to you and give you a free consultation over the phone and let you know what we can do for you.

We’ll talk about your specific circumstances and kind of run you through the process specific to your concerns and then make sure you’re a good fit with our company.

And then if everything works out, we’d be happy to help you process your divorce.

Tim Blankenship, divorce661.com. we’ll talk to you soon.

Divorce Paralegal Service In Montrose California

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Divorce Paralegal Service In Montrose California

Today we are talking to our folks or friends in Montrose, California. I want to let you know a little bit about our service and how we can help you with your divorce in Montrose, California.

We are licensed and bonded legal document preparation firm, essentially a paralegal firm who can help you with your divorce.

Now, we are full service, so that means we are going to take care of everything for you. No questionnaires, we’re not going to send you down to court, none of that.

We’re going to take care of your divorce from start to finish, very much like a law firm would where we’re going to take full action for you. You’re not going to have to do a thing except to provide documentation that we need.

Our service includes going down to court for you and filing them, serving them, doing all your financial disclosures and all the processes and procedures that are required by the court so you don’t have to worry about what to fill out and what comes next or now what do I do.

We also will complete your final judgment who will determine who gets what property, what the parenting plan is going to be, custody, visitation, and we’ll also help you with determination of child support and spousal support.

We have all the software that the courts have and attorneys have so we can certainly help you with that. We do work off a fix fee pricing. You can go to our website at divorce661.com and you’ll be able to determine exactly what your costs are.

We really have become the go-to-firm in California for divorce because that is our specialty. We are doing it for a long time and we have a background having work with the courts and working with family law firm before opening this business, so we have a lot of experience.

Aside from filling out the forms and getting you through the process is probably one of the real value is because we have that background with the courts and law firms and I’ve been doing this for a couple of years now.

We’ve seen a lot of things, we can help you through the process from an experience stand point as supposed to just processing paperwork for you.

So a huge value there which comes along with the services obviously and asking questions what about this, what about that. That’s really what we’re here for.

Tim Blankenship, divorce661.com. Make sure to give me a call when you need help with your divorce in California.

Divorce Paralegal Service In La Crecenta California

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Divorce Paralegal Service In La Crecenta California

We are talking to our friends in La Crecenta, California today. I wanted to tell you a little bit about our divorce service and what we can do for you.

We are a licensed and bonded legal document preparation firm specializing in divorce that is all we do is divorce. We’ve been doing this for several years.

I want to tell you a little bit about our background as well.

Started first working with the superior court in Los Angeles County for several years. Moving on to working for a family law firm for several years and now we run this business, running this business now for several years.

So, we have a lot of understanding, we’ve seen divorce from many angles from the courts, form a law firm perspective and now representing the clients. We have lots of experience that can get you through your divorce for low flat fee so you don’t need to go out and spend your money on an attorney.

Now, I want to talk to you about our full service capabilities.

Being a full service means, we are going to fill out all your forms for you, we’re going to go down the court, we’re going to file them, we’re going to serve them, follow all the court’s processes and procedures so you don’t have to worry about what comes next or now what do I do, how do I fill out forms, we take care all of that for you.

We’ll even complete your final agreement or judgment which will include the distribution of assets and debts, who’s going to get what stuff essentially, parenting plan, custody, visitation, spousal support determination as well as child support determination.

We can do essentially everything a law firm or an attorney can do for you. We have all the court’s software, we just can’t give you legal advice and we can’t represent you in court. But if that’s the case, you’ll probably need an attorney, anyways if you need one of those two things.

We work with people that mostly are going through amicable type of cases or at the very least are trying to work through their issues without hiring attorneys to do that work for them.

So, if you’re not sure if we would be a good fit for you, go ahead and give me a call. I’d be happy to discuss your specific case and see if we are a good fit for you, but I can tell you this, there’s a 90% chance that you are a good fit for us because that’s the percentage of divorce filings. They go through the process without an attorney.

Very few divorce cases actually need an attorney, who are going to go to court and who are going to go to trial. So just keep that in mind.

Feel free to call us at 661-281-0266 or go to divorce661.com for more information. We’d be happy to help you with your divorce in California. Talk to you soon.

Divorce Paralegal Service In Hollywood California

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Divorce Paralegal Service In Hollywood California

Today we are talking to our friends in Hollywood, California. We are a licensed and bonded legal document preparation firm specializing in divorce in Hollywood, all we do is divorce.

We’ve been doing this for several years and I just want to give you a little background about what we are able to do for you if you’re looking at going through a divorce and why we think we are the best choice for doing that.

So, as a licensed document preparation firm, we are able to work directly with clients without attorney supervision. The benefit in that is obviously the costs are going to be a lot lower.

We work off fix fee pricing so you know exactly what you’re paying for when you go into business with us and start working with our service.

You can go to our website at divroce661.com, you can find out exactly what your cost will be. We have it posted right there on our page and I just want to give you a little bit about what we do for you.

We are a full service. This means that we’re going to fill out all the forms or going to court for you, we’re going to file your documents there, we’re going to serve them, we’re going to do all the financial disclosures that are mandatory by the court, all the court processes and procedures will be taken cared of for you.

You don’t have to worry about what happens next or what forms do you have to fill out and all that. We’ll take care of all that and we also will prepare your final judgment.

This will include the distribution of assets and debts, basically who’s getting what stuff, parenting plan, custody and visitation and child support and spousal support determination if that’s applicable.

We take care all of that for you. We really are that full service firm. We’re not here to give you questionnaires and make you go down the court and file your own documents like the other companies do. We will take care of all that for you so you can go on with your busy life.

I just want to give you a little bit of background about who we are, we have become the number one divorce service in California. We processed more divorce cases from a paralegal stand point than any other company in California and we really have become that go-to-company that people come to all throughout California.

We have cases all the way down in San Bernardino, out in Sacramento and in the four corners of California. Where people are calling us and getting referrals now. Having been in business so long, and because we only do divorce and that is our specialty.

So, call us at 661-281-0266. I’d be happy to give a free consultation, let you know exactly what we can do for you. Talk to you soon.

Divorce Paralegal Service In Century City, CA

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Divorce Paralegal Service In Century City, CA

Today I want to talk to you about our service and encourage you to go to our website and find more about our company in how we can help you through your divorce for an affordable fee.

We are licensed full service divorce firm serving all of California. We are able to take your divorce from start to finish for one low flat fee.

We do everything from filling out the forms, going down to court and filing them, serving them, doing all the financial disclosures that are mandatory by the court, all the required processes and procedures and including completing your final judgment.

The final judgment includes such things as distribution of assets and debts, your spousal support orders, child support orders, property orders, parenting plan, custody, visitation, literally everything goes into it. And we operate just like the law firm does.

The only difference between us and a law firm is that we don’t give legal advice here and we don’t represent you in court. So, the ideas if you’re going to be using our service that you are going to be working towards agreement doesn’t mean you have to be 100% have all your agreements together.

We can assist you that but it just means you guys are trying to at least cooperatively get through your divorce, works towards the agreements and we can assist you with that.

We have all the court’s software. We have the DissoMaster software that courts use to determine spousal support and child support. We help you come up with a parenting plan. So, I just want to get that word out to you folks in Century City that we can help you.

Our main office currently is in Valencia, California, however we do handle clients all over California and we do have a systematized approach in getting this done either over the phone or online through questionnaires but do know that we serve all the courts in Los Angeles County and can help you there in Century City.

Please give us a call. 661-281-0266. Or go to divorce661.com for more information.

Divorce Paralegal Service In Beverly Hills, CA

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Divorce Paralegal Service In Beverly Hills, CA

I want to talk to you a little bit of what we can do for you if you are considering going to a divorce in the Beverly Hills area.

We are a full service paralegal firm, which means simply that we can get everything done for you for your divorce from start to finish just like a law firm would. The only difference is we don’t give legal advice and we don’t represent you in court.

The point being that you’re attempting to work through your divorce with your spouse in some type of cooperative or amicable style.

What we do is this. We fill out all the forms for you. We go down the court and file them. We will serve them on your spouse.

We will help you complete all your financial disclosures and complete the processes and procedures appropriately that the court needs you to do. We’ll take care of that for you.

In addition to that, we will draft your final judgment. The final judgment essentially will incorporate all your agreements.

So, were talking about distribution of assets and debts, basically who’s going to get what, parenting plan, custody and visitation, schedules, and we will help you address any issues of child support and spousal support.

We are a neutral third party, so we will work with both parties at the same time to get all the paperwork done for both of you for one affordable price.

Now, keep in mind that we will be going down the court for you. Our main office is in Valencia but we do serve all Los Angeles County courts. So, feel free to give us a call or go to our website at divorce661.com to get more information on our pricing.

We have our pricing right out front for you so you know exactly what you’re going to be charged upfront and we’d be happy to help you. We do have clients all throughout California. I’d say the majority of our business is in Los Angeles County.

So please give us a call. I’d be happy to give you a free consultation over the phone, make sure you’re a good fit for our company and that we can help you with your divorce.

Tim Blankenship, divorce661.com.

Divorce Paralegal Service In Atwater Village California

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Divorce Paralegal Service In Atwater Village California

Today we are talking to our friends in Atwater Village, those of you that may be considering going to a divorce.

I wanted to let you know that there is an affordable service out there for divorce which is us and I’ll talk a little bit about our background and what we can do for you.

We’re a full service divorce document preparation firm. All we do is divorce in California. We’ve really become the go-to-folks for anyone in California that called us.

We’ve been doing this for several years now and the word has really spread that if you want your divorce done correctly and quickly and properly, that we are the company you need to contact for that.

We are a full service firm. So that means we’re going to fill out all the forms, we’re going to go down the court for you and we’re going to file the documents, we’re going to serve them.

We’re going to do all the necessary financial disclosures, processes and procedures and we’re going to complete your final judgment, that means the agreement per se as far as who’s going to get what property and determination of child support, determination of spousal support.

We’re going to really help you work through those issues and get those points across and we’re going to do that for you so you don’t have to worry about what comes next, how to fill out the forms and so forth.

Probably one of the biggest values we offer aside from the document preparation is our experience. I’ve worked with the courts for several years in the family law department for Los Angeles Superior Court.

After which, I worked for the largest family law firm in California for several years and now I’ve ran this business for several years and we’ve seen a lot, I’ve seen it from different perspectives, the court perspective, from a law firm perspective, and now helping several hundred people get divorced per year representing themselves.

I can tell you that, that’s probably the biggest value with what we offer, is our experience and knowledge in the divorce process. So, you get a lot more than just document preparation when you work with us.

With that said, feel free to give us a call. I’d love to help you through your divorce, help you save some money, help you answer your questions. I’d be happy to give you a free consultation over the phone to make sure we are the right fit for you.

A 90% chance that we will be, meaning that less than 10% of divorce cases actually goes to trial in California and that’s really one of the main reasons you would need an attorney to begin with outside of just getting some legal advice which you can do on a consultation basis only.

You don’t have to necessarily retain them. So, make sure to give me a call, I’d be happy to discuss your particular case and circumstances and help you through your divorce when you’re ready.

Tim Blankenship, divorce661.com. Call me at 661-281-0266. I’d be happy to talk to you and let you know if you are a good fit for our company. Talk to you soon.

Can I File For Divorce In California I Wasn’t Married In California

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Can I File For Divorce In California I Wasn’t Married In California

Today we’re talking about why it doesn’t matter where you were married for purposes of getting divorced.

I’ll assume that too many people would have this question but it’s come up enough times to address in video.

For instance, I get calls such as ‘Tim, can I get divorced in California, I was married in the Philippines or I was married in Australia or I was married in the UK’ things of that nature.

When it comes to divorce, it’s basically a jurisdictional issue as far as California is concerned, if you’ve lived in the state for six months and in the county for three months, that is the court that you would file in.

So, if you live in Los Angeles County and you’ve been in the state for more than six months and the county for more than three, you would file your divorce in LA County.

If you had recently moved in to California, technically you would have to wait. If you’ve change counties, you can move from one county to the next and if you are to file, technically speaking you’d have to file on the county you left unless you wanted to wait the time requirement for the county to file in the new county you’re in.

One other thing is if you are married in another country and you’re spouse is still in that country, only one of you needs to be in the county to file. The court only has that jurisdiction or I should say, you can file if you’re living in the county, not both of you have to be there.

As long as one of you are, and then when you serve your spouse, wherever they may be, the court will have jurisdiction over them at that time so they can make orders over the divorce.

I hope that clarifies that question if you had it, that you file where you live not where you’re married.

Tim Blankenship with divorce661.com, we can help you with your divorce anywhere in California. Please feel free to give us a call at 661-281-0266.