California Divorce Forms You Will Need To Complete Your Judgment For Divorce

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If you have been reading blogs in the past, you know that we are always giving out tons of free advice.  Today, we are providing all the divorce forms you will need to complete your California divorce Judgment.

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Do you want to know what is sad?  This huge stack of forms was given to a client of ours when they went down to court.  They were amazed that the forms had absolutely no instructions.  There is no form that says how to fill out any of the divorce papers.

All they received (which is what you see below) was the blank forms.

Good luck with that?

It is pretty scary to think that the divorce judgment is the most difficult part of the divorce paperwork to fill out.  We uploaded all the forms to slideshare and realized that is was more than 40 pages that you will have to complete if you are planning on doing your own divorce.

And this is just the final judgment forms for your divorce.  This does not count all the forms you had to fill out, serve and file with the court up to this point.

Here is the slideshare if you plan on attempting this on your own.

We have to admit, however, that the likelihood of you actually completing your own divorce is not very high.  We are just being honest with you.

We have people call our office everyday who have attempted and got stuck along the way and really messed up their divorce papers.  In most cases, we have to totally start over with filing an amended petition.

But we do know that there are people out there that are going to try it on their own. Perhaps they have more time than money and don’t mind spending countless hours trying to figure everything out and are not in a hurry to complete their California divorce.

Income Withholding For Support Form FL-195 | How To File & Serve

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The Income Withholding For Support form FL-195 just might be one of the most confusing forms to fill out while going through your California divorce.

We will get into how to fill it out, but first lets talk about what it does and why you might want to do it.

Also, we have a slideshare below where you can view a template of the Income Withholding For Support Form FL-195.

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Okay, the Income Withholding For Support Form FL-195 is a form you will fill out if there is an order for spousal support or child support and you want to have that support deducted directly from your spouses employer.  It is not mandatory that you do this, meaning your spouse can simply write you a check every month.

But if you feel there might be a problem collecting support from your spouse each month, you may want to fill out this form.  Just keep in mind that there is a specific way these needs to be done.

Here are the steps:

  1. Fill out the form (see template below)
  2. File with court and wait for judge to sign (so it becomes an official order)
  3. Serve on your spouses employer (by certified mail to ensure delivery)

The Income withholding for support form FL-195 can be used when you are submitting your final divorce papers (judgment) or anytime after.  You can also use this form if you recently had a hearing in court and there was an order for support or modification for support.

Also, if you will use this form if you need to modify or terminate spousal support or child support.  We will cover this topic in a future article.

We are a full service divorce company that can help your with your divorce anywhere in California.  Please make sure to give us a call if you need assistance with your California divorce.

 

How Long Does The California Divorce Process Really Take?

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How long does the California divorce process take you ask?  It is certainly a loaded question, but let’s take a look at a few answers.  I have also discussed this in my video below.  Please feel free to watch or continue reading below.

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The most common reference to this questions of how long the California divorce process takes is, “What is the fastest I can get divorced?”  This answer is easy. California has a cooling off period and says that your divorce cannot be finished until 6 months plus one day have elapsed since your spouse was served.  The purpose of this time frame is to allow the parties time to reconcile.

Imagine if you could get divorced in a day, how many people would be getting re-married!

The next common reference to how long the California divorce process takes is about the paperwork.  How long will it take to get all the paperwork done?

The divorce paperwork can be completed as fast as you can fill out the forms.  We have even completed all the paperwork in single sittings in our office where the parties are present and sign all the documents.  We just have to make sure to follow the procedure correctly as there is a certain order to  filing and serving the divorce forms.

The California divorce process can be very short or very long.  In fact, the divorce process isn’t all that difficult at all.  What makes the divorce process difficult and take a long time is the parties involved.

If you are willing to work together to get your divorce done amicably, then the process will be relatively smooth and will take only the 6 months.

If you are not cooperative and want to fight it out in court, it could take many years.

We are a licensed and bonded legal document preparation service that specializes in divorce.  We can help you anywhere in California.  Make sure to give us a call for assistance.

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What To Do If Your California Default Divorce Is Rejected

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There are a few different ways you can file for divorce.  In this article we are specifically talking about the California Default Divorce.  This can be a True Default, where the other party is not involved at all or a Hybrid Divorce, where it is a Default, but you have an agreement.

More specifically, we are discussing the how to use the Request To Enter Default form with a default style divorce because we are seeing that people are having difficulty understanding how to use the form and when to submit it to the court.

Watch this quick video where I discuss what to do if your Request to Enter Default is rejected during your California divorce.

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If you are doing a true California default divorce, where the other party is not going to participate at all, you can file the Request to enter default form 30 days after the other party has been served.

But did you know that you can also submit your entire divorce judgment as well at the same time?

You sure can!

Most people think that they have to submit the request to enter default first, and then wait the 4-8 weeks or longer to see if it is approved before filing their judgment.  This is not necessary.

All you need to do is submit your entire California divorce judgment papers along with the Request To Enter Default forms.

When you are submitting a request to enter default for your California divorce, you may have to attach the FL-160’s (Property Declarations) if you have property.  Don’t forget, you need 2 sets of forms.  Once for community property and one for separate property.

We recommend you do one of each, even if there is no property, so the court knows that to be the case and don’t think you just forgot to do the forms.

Make sure to watch the video above, where I go into a little bit more detail about the Request to Enter Default and specifically about what you can do if your request to enter default is rejected during the California divorce process.

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004 DMR Why Transparency In Home Sale Process During California Divorce Is Important

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004 DMR Why Transparency In Home Sale Process During California Divorce Is Important

In this podcast we discuss why it is important to have transparency when selling your home when you are going through a divorce in California.

When you are going through a divorce in California, you may not be on the best speaking terms.  But it is important that you do communicate so you can make decisions such as selling your home, among others.

But where the parties are not communicating well, there are ways a real estate agent can assist you and you spouse get through the California home sale process, even when going through a divorce.

In this podcast, we discuss some of these ways.  For instance, a Realtor who is working part of a team or who has a team of agents working with them can assign each of the parties a separate real estate agent who can be their advocate and handle all the communication.

This would prevent the parties from having to get different real estate agents, which in and of itself would be a total nightmare and probably not be feasible at all anyways.

Real estate agents can even use technology to help the parties sign the sales contracts.  Programs such as DocuSign allow the parties to sign many of the real estate documents which can be done right on your computer and even be done separately.

I know we use Docusign quite a bit in for our California divorce clients that we are assisting remotely throughout California.

I hope you enjoy this podcast as it has tremendous value if you are going through a divorce in California and need to sell your home.

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002 Divorce Master Radio | Interview With A California Divorce Paralegal

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002 Divorce Master Radio | Interview With A California Divorce Paralegal

If you wanted to learn more about Tim Blankenship and why they are the number one California divorce document preparation firm in California, you will want to listen to this episode of Divorce Master Radio.

Headquartered in Los Angeles County, Divorce661 assists folks from all over California in preparing and filing their divorce paperwork and getting them through the divorce process for a flat fee.

This interview of Tim Blankenship was given by Connor MacIvor, one of the best Realtors and avid Podcaster in the Santa Clarita Valley.

Enjoy this episode of Divorce Master Radio.

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001 Divorce Master Radio: About Tim Blankenship And Divorce661.Com (Podcast)

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001 Divorce Master Radio: About Tim Blankenship And Divorce661.Com (Podcast)

In this podcast, you will learn more about me, Tim Blankenship, and how I got started in the Divorce Document Preparation Field in California.

This is an interesting podcast because it goes deep into who we are as a company, our background and how we are able to assist people going through divorce throughout California.

This podcast was done as an interview style with Phoenix, Arizona Divorce Attorney Wendy Hernandez, who did a great job leading the interview.

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California Divorce | Wait 30 Days Before Filing Request To Enter Default

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If you are going through a California divorce and are trying to complete a True Default Divorce or Default With Agreement divorce case, you will need to file a request to enter default.

The difference between these two types of divorce cases is when you submit your request to enter default paperwork to the court.

Request To Enter Default When True Default Divorce Case

If you are going through a divorce which will be a true default, one where your spouse is not responding and will not enter into a written agreement, you will want to wait 30 days after your spouse has been served.  Not doing so will result in your request to enter default being rejected by the court and you will have to resubmit it.

The 30 days starts the day your spouse is personally served the divorce papers or if you used the notice of acknowledgment of receipt and mailed the divorce documents, you would use 30 days after they signed that form.

Request To Enter Default When Default With Agreement

If you are completing a divorce where you are going to have a default with agreement (also known as a Hybrid) you won’t want to file the Request To Enter Default form after 30 days.

In this case, you are going to want to file the Request To Enter Default along when you submit your divorce judgment to the court.  This way the court will know you are doing a hybrid divorce case.  If you submit it after the 30 days, the court will assume your are file a true default case.

When submitting your Request To Enter Default form, make sure not to sign it before the 30 days have passed.  We had a client who had their request to enter default rejected because they had signed it before the 30 days were passed.  They filed it after the 30 days, but because they dated it before the 30 days, the court rejected it and they had to refile it.

We specialize in divorce in California and are headquartered in Santa Clarita, CA.  If you need assistance with your divorce please make sure to give us a call.

Providing A Divorce Community Service In Santa Clarita

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When we started our Santa Clarita divorce service, we never thought it would be considered a community service.  But after one of our clients spoke of it that way, well, I guess it actually is.

We are not a non-profit business, so how could we consider ourselves providing a community service?  Especially when were are talking about divorce?

This was stated to us in the form of a review someone left for us.  They basically said that because we have produced and written so many articles and videos about California divorce, that we have made learning and understanding the divorce process easy to find and understand.

And it is true that we have done those things.  I think over 1000 articles, 200 videos and at least 100 podcasts as of this writing on October 22, 2013, and we will continue to do more every day.

But now that they got me thinking about it, that is not the only reason I think we provide a community service in Santa Clarita with our divorce service.

Another reason I think it is a community service is because of the amount of money we save people on their divorce in California.

Before we started this business, you had only 2 options.  Hire an attorney, and we know how much hiring an attorney for your divorce costs.  Or attempting to do your own California divorce.  Neither of these options is idea.  The first is very expensive and the latter is, well, you don’t want to be doing your own divorce.

Whether it is truly a community service or not, we do feel good about the divorce service we provide in Santa Clarita.  And it is not just Santa Clarita that we provide our divorce service in.  We only mention it because this is where our brick and mortar office is located.

But we can complete your divorce case anywhere in California, so make sure to give us a call.

 

We Have Answered Every Question About California Divorce

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I think we have answered just about every questions there is about divorce in California!  No, probably not possible, but we have written over 1000 articles about divorce thus far!

And we just keep on writing about California divorce, hoping to eventually hit every question you might have about divorce.

It is actually quite simple.  Ask us a question on the phone or via email and if we have not discussed that topic on our blogs, we will write about it. Even if it is a question we have wrote about, but has a slightly different twist to it, we will write about it again and explain the differences.

That is what is great about our blog.  There is so much information on it that it would blow your mind.  Between the articles we have written, the podcasts, the radio broadcasts and the videos we have recorded, you find out just about anything you need to know.

And if you could not find it, just call us.  We would be happy to answer. And then write about it if we hadn’t.

Whey do we do this?  For starters, because nobody else is.  It seems that lawyers, attorneys and the legal profession in mass want to keep you reliant on them.  The other reason is because by placing this information out there for our potential clients to read, well, brings us clients.

It’s not brain surgery.

But people always comment, “Tim, why do you tell everyone how to file for divorce and do their own divorce, etc., aren’t you shooting yourself in the foot”.

The answer is no.  There are those people that find our blogs, videos and podcasts and using those resources attempt to complete their divorce on their own.  These folks would have never used our services to begin with.  And I am glad that folks were able to use our resources to do so.

We are both providing a service by writing all these articles and it is also a marketing strategy we use.

It is simple.  People are looking for answers about divorce in California. They find us online with the answers. Then they call for our service.

We are a licensed and bonded legal document preparation service that specializes in divorce in California.  We are headquartered in Los Angeles County and can help you anywhere in California with your divorce.