We had a gal who became a client of ours on the spot who recently learned that her prior marriage was never dissolved. Meaning her divorce was never finalized in her first marriage and she had already remarried.
This happens more often than you would think. In this particular case, she called the court and someone told her that because of this, her current marriage is void. Someone does not know the difference between void and voidable.
I explain in the video and podcast below.
When going through a divorce in California there are certain rules that apply to where you can file your divorce case. First you have to determine which County you are going to file in and then you have to determine which branch court within the county you are going to file in. You can’t just pick and choose which County or Court you want to file your California divorce case in.
I explain in the below video and podcast.
When you have a child and are not married and need child custody orders, the court first needs to establish paternity of the father before they can make orders for child custody. This means that the court needs to establish the father as the father before making custody orders. This is the case even if the father signed the birth certificate and the declaration of paternity at the hospital. I explain in the video and podcast.
Podcast
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We get a lot of people who call us who have started their Santa Clarita divorce and never finished it. Many are aware that they never finished their Santa Clarita divorce and others thought their Santa Clarita divorce was finished, but they later came to learn that it was not finished. Sometimes, many, many years later. In this video we discuss how to locate your Santa Clarita divorce case and why it is best to see if the Santa Clarita divorce case is still active.
Below if the video and podcast.
When you are getting a divorce, part of the process is that the other person has to be served. There is no way around this. As with any legal proceeding there has to be notice given which is known as “service”. Your divorce case cannot be completed, or even really started until the other person is served.
Here is the video and podcast.
But what happens when the other party cannot be located our found. How can you serve someone if you don’t know where they are? Believe it or not, this is happens more than you would think.
There is a process that allows you to serve your spouse through a process called Service By Publication. I explain in detail in the video above.
We get asked a lot on how to start the divorce process with our service. My answer is always the same.
We make is very easy to start your divorce case. Because we are a full service divorce firm and serve all of California, one of the most popular ways to get started is right over the phone or via email. A lot of people don’t know that the initial divorce forms the court needs to start your divorce case can have a scanned signature. They do not need the original signatures on these documents.
Therefore, there is no need for an actual in office appointment. In fact, for many of our clients we complete the entire divorce case via email and over the phone. Here is the video and podcast.
We try to make the divorce process as convenient as possible for you to get your California divorce case started and finished using our divorce service.
Today is Monday January 4th, 2016 and we just got back in from our little 5 day vacation to San Diego. I tell you the weather really cooperated with us. Very lucky. We had 72 degree weather and one day that was 78! Pretty good for winter.
Here is Dog Beach
We took our little motorhome, but we rented a little cottage at a dog friendly place. It was so much nicer than staying in a hotel because we got to use all the open space and the dog could run free… with supervision of course. Because there were 6 cottages in total, the center became the common ground and was a great place to BBQ and have lunch in the beautiful weather.
We did several “touristy” things including whale watching, fishing and a dinner cruise. The rest of the time was walking the dog at the beach and riding our bikes around town. We did see several whales and in fact the guide said it was a record day for whale sightings.
My 2 brothers were supposed to join us for the fishing trip and the morning of he cancelled on us so just Tyler and I went. This is the photo we sent to him for not showing up.
All in all it was a good trip. Too short if you ask me, but one of the longer trips we were able to take this year. Never really left California as we were just too busy to get out of town for more than an extended weekend.
Well, Happy New Year and let’s make it a good one. Big plans for Divorce661.com this year.
Here is another photo from our trip…
I wanted to make sure that I really got the word out about the Veterans Status Verification form process and procedures as well as a link to the form itself that i could not find anywhere on the web and had to drive to a VSO just get it. Link below.
Click Here For Veterans Status Verification Form
UPDATE 1/5/16 – Received My Signed VSD-001
When you are going through a Santa Clarita divorce or divorce anywhere in California, we can help you. And there should not be any cost barriers as we have both a full service divorce solution as well as a completely online self help service.
You are going through a Santa Clarita Divorce or anywhere in California and want to be money conscience. I get it. But, over the last few years of owning this business, I have seen people who try to do their own divorce end up spending more money and a ton more time (which also translates into dollars from lost wages)
Don’t bet me wrong, i understand wanting to save money on your divorce in Santa Clarita but you can’t do it at the expense of missing time from work at the court’s self help centers, waiting in line, and having to go down there several times only to be treated badly by the employees of the court.
I know I am not painting a rosy picture, but it is the truth. Ask anybody who has been down to the court’s self help centers and they will tell you how awful it is.
We have both a full-service and self help online divorce service so there is no reason why you can’t afford one of our services.
To check out our online self help services go to California Divorce Tutor for more information.