Information Needed To Start Your Chatsworth Divorce

Today, I want to talk to you about the four forms maybe even three forms you need to start your divorce case.

Many people think they have to have all their agreements in place and have everything figured out before they file for divorce and that’s not the case.

There are just four forms and we’re going to go through them and talk about some of the basic information to file your divorce.

Number one is the petition. This is the form that lets your spouse know that you’re filing for divorce.

And it puts forth certain statistical information including your name and address, your spouse’s name and address.

The court wants to know the date of marriage and date of separation and the length of marriage.

They want to know if there are any children involved and what their ages and dates of births are.

And then they want a basic idea of what you want as far as custody if there are children, if you want a full legal full physical if it’s going to be joints but no specifics.

We’re not talking about days and hours and weeks and when the visitation occurs, just a very general sense of it and then whether there’s going to be a spousal support included in this agreement.

If you’re asking for it or if you’re asking to terminate spousal support, and that’s it!

That’s all the information we require to file.

There are some sections on there to list your property but it’s not recommended that you do that. We do that in a subsequent step.

They can leave the property sections alone. And as far as separate and community property, so you don’t have to have that completed to file that.

Number two is the summons. The summons basically there’s nothing to sign on these form but it basically let’s the other party know that you filed a lawsuit for divorce.

So you’re suing them. It sounds really scary but basically it let’s them know that there are certain orders that takes effect once the case is filed and served.

And let’s them know certain rules as far as having to respond within a certain amount of time if they want to participate in the case.

Number three is a jurisdictional form. They just want to know where you live or both of you live to make sure you’re filing in the right court.

Very simple form and the document you’ll sign and they’ll review that when you file your case to make sure you’re in the right courthouse.

And then if you have children the fourth form is the UCCJEA. It is a very simple form.

They just want to know where the kids live, what their names are, where they were born and again it’s another simple form.

So four forms if there are kids, three forms if there are no kids and that’s all you need to get your divorce started and filed and get a case number issued and serve, so, you can start the clock on the divorce process.

If you’re using our service you won’t have to worry about any of these.

We do take care of the entire divorce process for you in Chatsworth from everything from filling out the forms, filing it at the Chatsworth Courthouse, doing all the financial disclosures, all the assets and debts, income and expense, marital settlement agreement.

All the agreements now that you guys have as far as property, kids, money and so forth we will take care of.

So give us a call for a free phone consultation. No office visit is necessary or required. We do a lot of what we do right over the phone or via email.

We have a lot of busy professionals that just don’t have time to file their divorce case or try and figure out and spend hours online or going down to the courts.

So please give us a call. Affordable rates, fast service, very convenient.

I’ll be happy to provide you a free phone consultation.

My name is Tim Blankenship. You can ask for me direct.

The number here is 661-281-0266 or just go to Divorce661.com for more information.

 

Chatsworth Divorce Court Divorce Process

Today, I want to talk to you about the Chatsworth Divorce Process.

How do you file for Divorce to the Chatsworth Courthouse?

So number one you should know that if you use our service to assist you with your Chatsworth Divorce you will not have to go to the courthouse even once.

So this video isn’t truly a necessary if you’re going to be using our service because we will everything to do with the paperwork, filling up the forms and going down to the courthouse for you.

In an uncontested cases where it’s amicable and you guys are trying to work through the divorce together and you know do this amicably you’re not going to have making any appearance to court anyways.

So that said give us a call I’d be happy to provide you a free phone consultation and take care of your divorce for you.

You can get more information at our website at Divorce661.com or just give me a call I’d be happy to talk to you.

Talk about your specific circumstances but I wanted to address what the process and procedure is for filing for divorce in Chatsworth.

So the first thing you have to do is go down to the Chatsworth Court to obtain the Divorce blank paperwork.

You can either go down there or you can get the forms online if you’re not near the court.

When you file for Divorce the first thing you need to do procedurally is fill out the forms of course and go down to the court and physically file them with the clerk.

You have to go down to the Chatsworth Courthouse first. File the paperwork.

Have the case number issued and once that’s done the paperwork needs to be served on your spouse.

Now you cannot serve your spouse the paperwork yourself. You have to find someone over the age of 18 other than yourself to file and serve that paperwork.

Once you served the paperwork you can go back to the Chatsworth Courthouse and file your proof of service.

Following that you will need to prepare your financial disclosures.

This includes the schedule of assets and debts and income expense declaration and that needs to be served on your spouse.

Again not by you by someone else and a proof of service needs to be completed indicating that’s been done.

Go back to the Chatsworth Courthouse and file that proof of service.

Depending on the type of case you have if it’s an amicable pick case or an uncontested case or a hybrid style case or even a default style divorce you’re filing with Chatsworth different paperwork is going to have to be done.

Ultimately, you have to prepare what’s called the judgment or the marital settlement agreement and all the supplemental forms that go along with that.

But what those forms are and which out you fill out really depends on what the style of divorce you’re doing.

If it’s cooperative, if the spouse’s participating and so forth, so, it can be complex.

The paperwork can be complicated. The procedure and process can be complicated that’s why we have the service we have and we do serve the Chatsworth Courthouse.

So if you’re going to file for Divorce at the Chatsworth go and give me a call, I’d be happy to provide you a free phone consultation and talk about the specifics of your case.

I’ll tell you exactly what we can do for you to facilitate the Divorce process and get this done for you.

We have low flat fees. We’re a neutral third party that works for both spouses for the same cost.

We can save you money on court fees and make this an easy transition for you.

So please give me a call. The number is 661-281-0266.

Granada Hills Affordable Divorce Service | Granada Hills Divorce

Today, I want to talk about our Affordable Divorce Service in Granada Hills.

So we’re a licensed and bonded Legal Document Preparation Firm specializing in Divorce in Granada Hills and we provide an affordable divorce solution.

So because we’re not a law firm and we don’t have attorneys in our office we can work directly with clients for a much more affordable rate in getting through your divorce for you.

So we do everything. We will fill out the forms. We will go down the court and file your court documents for you so you don’t have to.

We’ll take care of serving your spouse. We’ll take care of all the financial disclosures and declaration that the court requires.

So all the process and procedure of your divorce you don’t have to worry about we will take care of that for you.

Then we just need to know what your agreements are. Who’s going to get what property, what is going to be the custody and visitation schedule, is there going to be child support and spousal support and so forth.

We will take care of the entire thing.

So you guys don’t have to worry about going to court, filling out the forms or wondering what the process or procedure of divorce is where most people struggle.

So please give us a call. I’d like to provide you a free phone consultation.

Talk more about our affordable divorce service in Granada Hills. And I think you’ll be happy and pleased to know that we get a lot of cases completed every month.

We’re filing between 40 and 50 cases on this full service process while we take care of everything.

So you guys can go on with your lives and go on with work and not miss work trying to figure out how to take care of your own divorce.

Tim Blankenship Divorce661.com specializing in California Divorce, again, give me a call for a free phone consultation at 661-281-0266.

Chatsworth Divorce Paralegal Service

Today, I want to talk to you about our Chatsworth Divorce Paralegal Service. So we are a Full Service Divorce Paralegal Firm specializing in California Divorce.

We actually handle cases all throughout California but this video is specifically for the folks filing at the Chatsworth Courthouse.

So being that we’re a full service we take care of the entire Divorce process for you from filing out the forms, we’ll go down to the courthouse, we’ll file them, we’ll take care of the service, all the financial disclosures and all the agreements as far as the judgment and marital settlement agreement is concerned.

So we will take care of everything from start to finish. We’ll do what the court for you so you don’t have to.

You can go on with your busy lives and we’ll take of the Divorce paperwork and process to make everything nice and easy for you.

Now we are a flat fee base service. One flat fee takes care of everything and includes your photocopies, postage and trips to court.

We don’t charge hourly fees so when you use our service you know exactly what you’re going to pay upfront.

Now we are a neutral third party so our fees cover working with both spouses. It’s our goal to facilitate the divorce process from start to finish.

So we’ll work with both of you collaboratively to get all the paperwork completed, get your agreements in place which include distribution of assets and debts, dividing up your property.

If there are children we can help you with custody and visitation, child support, spousal support you name it we can do the whole thing from start to finish.

So please give us a call if you’re looking to file your divorce at the Chatsworth Courthouse.

Our Divorce Paralegal Service can help you anywhere that you’re located. We do this a lot of what we do right over the phone and via email.

So it’s not necessary that you even visit our office or the court if you use our service.

Give us a call for a free phone consultation 661-281-0266.

 

Divorce Mediation Granada Hills | Granada Hills Divorce

Today, we’re talking Divorce Mediation in Granada Hills, California.

And the reason why I want to talk about mediation is because there are some misconceptions about mediation in general.

And people confused in mediation with maybe Legal Document Preparation. So we’re a licensed and bonded Legal Document Preparation Firm.

We specialize in California Divorce and preparing the divorce document which means filling out the forms, going down the court and filing them, serving them doing the financial disclosures.

So the whole process and procedure of divorce we take care of including putting together your judgment otherwise known as your marital settlement agreement.

We have all the forms and software that attorneys and the courts have for determining alimony and spousal support and all the things.

It’s all included in our flat fee pricing. But what people think sometimes is that they need mediation.

They think mediation is what we do. But most people don’t need mediation.

Mediation essentially is having a third party sit down between the two of you and helps you work out the agreements between the two of you.

Now we handle about 50 divorce cases every month right now and we’re growing.

And none of our clients or should I say a very small percentage of our clients, need “mediation”.

Some do when we’re going through a divorce and the parties are unable to come to an agreement or arrangement regarding the circumstances in their divorce whether it be about money or dividing property or the kids and custody.

If you have difficulty or you’re having difficulties with coming up with the agreements that’s where mediation is appropriate.

But you don’t need to mediate prior to filing for divorce. So the process which we encourage is that when you start with us we will file your divorce case.

We’ll get the ball rolling. We’ll get the property listed and disclosed.

And that’s the time when you guys will sit down and start discussing how you’re going to divide your stuff up.

You can definitely do it before but you don’t have to wait to withhold and hold up from filing your divorce case.

So we file your divorce case. We list all the assets and debts. That’s when you guys start working towards an agreement.

And then at that point we’ll know if you guys are having trouble coming up with the agreements.

If that happens mediation would definitely be appropriate at that time to resolve the one or several issues you guys have coming to an agreement.

And once those that mediation has occurred and those agreements are now in place we can move forward and document those agreements and complete your divorce case.

Tim Blankenship Divorce661.com specializing in California Divorce, please give me a call for a free phone consultation at 661-281-0266.

Chatsworth Divorce Court Now Handling San Fernando Divorce Cases

Well, it’s official. Earlier in the week I reported that I was hearing rumors that the San Fernando Divorce Court services were going to move potentially to Chatsworth.

And today we just received confirmation that, that is the case. So here’s the information you need to know.

Starting November 17^th, 2014, so, 11-17-2014 in just a few weeks all Family Law related matters at the San Fernando Courthouse will now be filed at Chatsworth at the Chatsworth Courthouse.

Now what we’re hearing not only any new cases being filed as of that date but all previously filed cases, so,  all the San Fernando Divorce Court filings will move to Chatsworth.

There hasn’t been any indication as to what departments they’re going to have or contact phone numbers there’s literally nothing on the Superior Court website but we did have a source inside the San Fernando Courthouse that has let us know that 11-17 is the date that all Family Law related matters will move to the Chatsworth Courthouse.

So we’re going to be doing a lot of videos as more information comes out on this. There’s been a lot of shake up with the courts recently.

A lot of closures and things moving around, this just be in the most recent one.

From what we understand the jurisdiction for the folks that were normally filing in San Fernando are all going to go to Chatsworth, so, they’re not going to divide up any to in Van Nuys or any other courts.

Everything that needs to go to San Fernando will now go to Chatsworth.

So check back in for more information on court changes and look for a couple dozen videos we’re going to do just on the Chatsworth Courthouse alone.

Please give us a call if you need assistance with your Divorce in California.

Chatsworth Divorce Full Service Divorce Firm

Today, we’re talking about our Full Service Divorce Paralegal Process serving the Chatsworth Courthouse.

So we are a Full Service Divorce Firm. What that means is we take care of everything and leave nothing up to you.

We will take care of filling out the forms. We will go down to the Chatsworth Courthouse and we will file them.

We’ll take care of serving any and all documents throughout the process.

We’ll take care of completing financial disclosures for both of you and your spouse because we are a neutral third party.

All the financial disclosures, listing all the assets and debts, doing the income declarations, we take care of all that.

So essentially you won’t have to worry about going down to the courthouse.

You won’t have to worry about picking using forms or had to fill out the forms or what the process and procedure of serving forms and filing forms is.

We take care of all of that including your putting together your final agreements otherwise known as the judgment or marital settlement agreement.

All that is, included in our Full Service Divorce Process, filling out the forms, getting your agreements in place, dealing with the court for you, working with both parties.

So we make it simple. We make it fast and efficient. And it’s obviously a very affordable way of getting through your Divorce in Chatsworth.

So make sure if you’re clinging around looking for assistance with your Divorce, if you’re looking for a true Full Service Divorce Firm in Chatsworth, please give us a call.

I think you want to talk to me and again I’ll provide you a free phone consultation. The number is 661-281-0266.

The number is right here on your screen. Go ahead and give me a call.

I’ll be happy to give you a free phone consultation. Talk to you about the specifics of your Divorce.

And I think you’ll be very pleased with our cost and how we can help you with your Divorce case in Chatsworth.

Give me a call, free phone consultation. You can’t go wrong. Talk to you soon.

 

Chatsworth Divorce Court Self Help Center

Today, we’re talking about the changes that the Chatsworth Courthouse.

If you haven’t heard, the San Fernando Divorce Court is moving all from functions related to Divorce to Chatsworth.

And so we’re talking about the Chatsworth Self Help Center services.

As of now there’s no reporting of a Self Help Center that’s going to be implemented at the Chatsworth Courthouse. I’ll definitely update you if we hear more on that.

But I want to let you know that if you are looking for assistance with your Divorce in Chatsworth, if you’re going to file in Chatsworth Divorce or if you’re going to file to Chatsworth Courthouse or you file it in the jurisdiction of the Chatsworth Courthouse we can help you with your Divorce filing.

We can help you with all the paperwork. We’ll go down to the Chatsworth Courthouse and file all the documents for you.

Take care of the service, the disclosures and putting together all your agreements.

So essentially what I’m saying here is we are a Full Service Divorce Paralegal Firm serving the Chatsworth Court.

And again that’s all where the divorce cases are going to be going to.

So please give us a call if you like some assistance with your Divorce filing at the Chatsworth Courthouse. We take care of everything from start to finish.

We have all the software, all the court forms that the courts and attorneys have so we can certainly help you with your divorce at the Chatsworth Courthouse.

My name is Tim Blankenship. I am the owner here.

Please feel free to give me a call for a free phone consultation at 661-281-0266 and let us take the hard work of filing your divorce away from you and make it easy and streamlined, so, you can get going with your life and we’ll take care of completing your divorce for you.

Chatsworth Divorce | How To Start Your Divorce Case

I want to talk to you today about how to start your divorce case at the Chatsworth Courthouse.

So one big misconception is that people feel they have to have all their agreements in place in order to file for divorce.

All their financial stuff, custody, visitation and all that, and that’s just not the case. The courts only require a handful of documents to file your case.

I’m going to name them off for you. Number one is the petition. Number two is the summons.

And then number three for Chatsworth Courthouse specifically in LA County is a jurisdictional form.

They want to know where the parties live and make sure you’re in the right court.

And if you have children there’s form called a UCCJEA. They just want to know where the children lived for the last five years.

Those four forms alone, is, all it takes to file and start your divorce case in Chatsworth. The petition rather has very basic information.

All they need to know is your name and address, your spouse’s name and address, the children’s names and date of births, the date of marriage and the date of separation, nothing to do with property at this time.

A basic idea if there’s going to be a spousal support. If a basic idea if there’s going to be you know what the custody arrangements you would like whether it’s joint or solo custody physical and legal.

And that’s basically it. It’s very kind of scary that how much information it takes or how little information it takes rather to start a divorce case.

Now the reason we want to provide this video is because a lot of people when they’ve call us they waited until they had a lot or most of their agreements in place before filing for divorce.

And what happened is until you file your divorce papers and serve your spouse the clock doesn’t start ticking on that sixth month cooling off period.

So we encourage people when our clients call us for service the first thing we do is file and serve because that starts the clock on the process.

So there’s no delay in completing your divorce at the Chatsworth Courthouse.

Tim Blankenship specializing in California Divorce and we provide affordable divorce solution for folks going through divorce anywhere in California.

Feel free to give us a call for a free phone consultation 661-281-0266 or just go to Divorce661.com for more information.

Is California Spousal Support Or Alimony Taxable Income

Today, we’re talking more about spousal support and alimony payments and specifically how they work regarding your taxes.

We’re going right now for a publication print out by the California Franchise Tax Board.

And this video is going to answer the question if, and here is the question, are alimony payments considered taxable income.

So eventually the question in a couple different ways, the prior videos we talked specifically about can you deduct it?

So that would be regarding going to the person who’s paying spousal support or alimony in California.

This goes to the person receiving it is all the payments considered all the alimony or spousal support payments considered taxable income.

And this is what the Franchise Tax Support says. Alimony from your spouse or former spouse is taxable to you either you received. Tax payors reports alimony in command.

Okay, so, alimony from your spouse or former spouse is taxable to you and that you receive.

So if your receiving spousal support and it meets all the criteria that we previously talked about, if you haven’t watched the video you look for the one regarding can I do debt alimony paid.

We talked about five criteria or requirements for that to be deducted.

I’m sure that applies to that receiving it because if you can’t claim it as a tax or as an alimony payment you’re not obviously going to claim it as income received if you’re receiving the California alimony or spousal support payments.

So make sure you check this series of videos because it kind of go hand and hand. You’ll probably want to watch all of them.

We’re going to shoot all about 12 videos regarding alimony and spousal support and how it’s treated tax wise.

And again we’re referring right to the State of California Franchise Tax Board publication regarding alimony.

Please feel free to give us a phone call for a free phone consultation 661-281-0266 or go to our website at Divorce661.com again for more information.