027: Do You Need All Agreements Before Filing For Divorce In California

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In this episode, we talk about whether or not you have to have all your agreements in place before ever filing for divorce in California.

And there are some reasons you’re going to want to get your case started even if you don’t have all your agreements figured out and I want to explain why.

In California we have a cooling off period. The California says it has to take at least six months before you can complete your case. And we’ve already talked about this on another episode.

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026: Should You Take California Divorce Motion Off Calendar If You Come To An Agreement

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In this episode, will discuss the process of taking a hearing or motion of calendar when filing a divorce motion in California.

If you file a motion to go to court, ask the court to have some type of order and then you later come to an agreement before the hearing actually comes, you don’t need to go to the hearing.

But I want to talk about that more specifically because I want to make sure you don’t take this and say Tim said I don’t have to go to court if we come to an agreement.

Certain things need to happen. So I just want to talk about that briefly.

So when you file a motion you’re asking the court to make an order for something. But that’s only necessary unless you if you can’t come to an agreement with the other party.

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025: How To Modify California Divorce Judgment When You Have An Agreement By Stipulation

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In this episode, we talk about the ways you can modify your existing divorce judgement when you are in agreement. Is it not always necessary to involve the courts to get a modification of some term of your divorce agreement.

Today I had a question come in from a client. And they had already were divorced. Divorce is finalized. And they wanted to make some changes to the agreement. But they wanted it in writing.

I won’t get in to the specifics of what they are trying to change. But they were just trying to modify some portion of their judgment.

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024: How To Look Up Your California Divorce Case Number

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In this episode, we will discuss how to look up your California divorce case number and why you will want to check your California divorce case number and case summary frequently during your divorce.

So if you are going through a divorce, obviously, you’re not going to have a divorce case if you haven’t filed for divorce.

But if you’re going through divorce there is going to be times you’re going to want to pull up your court records also known as a case summary to see that certain documents have been filed.

We will talk about the reasons why you would want to check the case summary.

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022: How Long Does It Take To Get A Divorce In California (Podcast)

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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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021: How Much Does It Cost To Divorce In California (Podcast)

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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.

020: Types Of California Divorce And How To Save Money On Divorce (Podcast)

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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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019: Is Court Appearance Required When Divorcing In California

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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.

018: Can I Finish My California Divorce That Was Started Years Ago (Podcast)

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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.