077: California Divorce Use Court Forms For Judgment Not Marital Settlement Agreement

In this episode, we are talking about the easiest way of preparing your judgment and the reason I bring this up is because yesterday I had a client in my office that came in and they had this long written agreement it’s called the marital settlement agreement or settlement agreement.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast to know more about the marital settlement agreement.

076: California Divorce Summons Standard Family Law Retraining Orders

In this episode, I want to talk about some of these restraining orders that are going to affect what they kind of mean. So what it says is “starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrain form”, one, removing the minor children of the parties from the state. And then it goes on with a little more detail.

Number two, cashing, borrowing against, cancelling, transferring, disposing of or changing of beneficiaries of any insurance and then it talks about the different insurance policies. Transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, or any other way disposing of property, real or personal whether community or separate and then it goes on.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast to know more about restraining orders.

075: Proof Of Income Required For California Divorce Spousal Support Stipulations

In this episode, we will discuss the proof of income required for your California divorce spousal support stipulations.

During the process of divorce or after your divorce is concluded, you and your spouse can turn into an agreement and this is what a stipulation is.

Stipulations are useful if you are trying to get some type of temporary order. Maybe the court needs an evidence of income and they want to see some type of court order, showing that you are making some income. You could do that on stipulation.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast to know more about stipulations.

 

 

074: Using The Property Order Attachment Form FL-345 For Your California Divorce Judgment

In this episode, what we will talk about is how to use the property order attachment form FL-345 for your California divorce. We will discuss everything about form FL-345 or the property order attachment.

What we are starting to see is a trend with the courts here that they now wanted to see a property order attachment even if there is no property. in the past we can get away with just marking on the judgment that we don’t have a property to be disposed by the court. but now we started to see a trend of judgment coming back with the court asking that we include a property order and simply saying none in there.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast to know more about property order attachment form FL-345.

073: California Divorce Notice Of Case Review Default Letter

In this episode, we will talk about what you can do if you receive a notice of case review default letter for your California divorce.

We have been talking about the courts sending out notice of case review default letters. What we are seeing is that when your California divorce case has sat with the court for a while, but has not finished yet, the court will review the California divorce case to see if it can be concluded by default.

A default is when the other party does not file a response and is not participating in the case. So if the court sees that a few months have gone by and the Petitioner has not already field the request to enter default form, the court will send out a letter notifying the Petitioner that they need to appear at a hearing to determine if your case should proceed as a default case.

072: Serving California Divorce Petition By Certified Mail

In this episode, we will tell you how to serve your California divorce petition via certified mail. Serving divorce papers by certified mail is not the normal way of serving California divorce papers. In most cases, you will have to personally serve the divorce papers. But in certain circumstances, you can serve your California divorce papers by certified mail.

When you serve your California divorce case by certified mail, you need to ensure you do “Certified – Return Receipt”. This is because you will need to file the returned certified receipt with the proof of service you need to file to let the court know that your spouse was served.

Service of California divorce papers can only be done when the other party is out of state.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast for exact details on how to serve California divorce papers by certified mail.

071: California Divorce Judgment Forms | Best Way To List Property

In this episode, we will discuss what is the best way to list down your property on your California divorce judgment forms.

If you don’t properly describe the property on the California divorce judgment forms, your judgment will be rejected. In addition, if you are filing a default California divorce judgment, you need to describe the property exactly as you did on the Request To Enter Default Property Declarations.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast to know more about the best way to list down your property on your California divorce judgment forms.

070: How To Determine Length Of Marriage For California Divorce

In this episode, we will talk about how you can determine the length of the marriage for California divorce. Folks often misunderstand how this works, so we wanted to discuss in this podcast.

The biggest concern people have about how to determine the length of marriage for a California divorce is if the length of marriage continues to accrue during the divorce process.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast.

069: How To Come Up With A Child Custody Plan For Your California Divorce

In this episode, what we will talk about is how to come up with a child custody plan for your California divorce.

Child custody and visitation also known as a parenting plan is included in the divorce when you get divorced.

Child support also will be addressed as well as spousal support. So anything that you can imagine that will have to do with getting a divorce is what’s included in the divorce.

You aren’t just getting a divorce. You also have to address all the assets and debts, all the property, your children and anything else that had to do with your marriage will be addressed in the judgment.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast to know more about child custody.

068: How & When To File A California Divorce Default Setting Form FAM-031

In this episode, we will talk about California divorce default setting and how and when to file it.

If you are going to file a default California divorce, one where you file and serve your spouse, but your spouse does not file a response or participate at all, you may need to file a form called, “Default Setting” which is form FAM-031.

There is a specific use for the default setting form and certain times you will want to use it.

When you file a default California divorce, there are certain rules such as having to evenly divide community property, ensure there is an order for child support if necessary and other rules.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast to know more about California divorce default setting.