Divorce Paralegal Service In Hollywood California

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Divorce Paralegal Service In Hollywood California

Today we are talking to our friends in Hollywood, California. We are a licensed and bonded legal document preparation firm specializing in divorce in Hollywood, all we do is divorce.

We’ve been doing this for several years and I just want to give you a little background about what we are able to do for you if you’re looking at going through a divorce and why we think we are the best choice for doing that.

So, as a licensed document preparation firm, we are able to work directly with clients without attorney supervision. The benefit in that is obviously the costs are going to be a lot lower.

We work off fix fee pricing so you know exactly what you’re paying for when you go into business with us and start working with our service.

You can go to our website at divroce661.com, you can find out exactly what your cost will be. We have it posted right there on our page and I just want to give you a little bit about what we do for you.

We are a full service. This means that we’re going to fill out all the forms or going to court for you, we’re going to file your documents there, we’re going to serve them, we’re going to do all the financial disclosures that are mandatory by the court, all the court processes and procedures will be taken cared of for you.

You don’t have to worry about what happens next or what forms do you have to fill out and all that. We’ll take care of all that and we also will prepare your final judgment.

This will include the distribution of assets and debts, basically who’s getting what stuff, parenting plan, custody and visitation and child support and spousal support determination if that’s applicable.

We take care all of that for you. We really are that full service firm. We’re not here to give you questionnaires and make you go down the court and file your own documents like the other companies do. We will take care of all that for you so you can go on with your busy life.

I just want to give you a little bit of background about who we are, we have become the number one divorce service in California. We processed more divorce cases from a paralegal stand point than any other company in California and we really have become that go-to-company that people come to all throughout California.

We have cases all the way down in San Bernardino, out in Sacramento and in the four corners of California. Where people are calling us and getting referrals now. Having been in business so long, and because we only do divorce and that is our specialty.

So, call us at 661-281-0266. I’d be happy to give a free consultation, let you know exactly what we can do for you. Talk to you soon.

Divorce Paralegal Service In Century City, CA

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Divorce Paralegal Service In Century City, CA

Today I want to talk to you about our service and encourage you to go to our website and find more about our company in how we can help you through your divorce for an affordable fee.

We are licensed full service divorce firm serving all of California. We are able to take your divorce from start to finish for one low flat fee.

We do everything from filling out the forms, going down to court and filing them, serving them, doing all the financial disclosures that are mandatory by the court, all the required processes and procedures and including completing your final judgment.

The final judgment includes such things as distribution of assets and debts, your spousal support orders, child support orders, property orders, parenting plan, custody, visitation, literally everything goes into it. And we operate just like the law firm does.

The only difference between us and a law firm is that we don’t give legal advice here and we don’t represent you in court. So, the ideas if you’re going to be using our service that you are going to be working towards agreement doesn’t mean you have to be 100% have all your agreements together.

We can assist you that but it just means you guys are trying to at least cooperatively get through your divorce, works towards the agreements and we can assist you with that.

We have all the court’s software. We have the DissoMaster software that courts use to determine spousal support and child support. We help you come up with a parenting plan. So, I just want to get that word out to you folks in Century City that we can help you.

Our main office currently is in Valencia, California, however we do handle clients all over California and we do have a systematized approach in getting this done either over the phone or online through questionnaires but do know that we serve all the courts in Los Angeles County and can help you there in Century City.

Please give us a call. 661-281-0266. Or go to divorce661.com for more information.

Divorce Paralegal Service In Beverly Hills, CA

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Divorce Paralegal Service In Beverly Hills, CA

I want to talk to you a little bit of what we can do for you if you are considering going to a divorce in the Beverly Hills area.

We are a full service paralegal firm, which means simply that we can get everything done for you for your divorce from start to finish just like a law firm would. The only difference is we don’t give legal advice and we don’t represent you in court.

The point being that you’re attempting to work through your divorce with your spouse in some type of cooperative or amicable style.

What we do is this. We fill out all the forms for you. We go down the court and file them. We will serve them on your spouse.

We will help you complete all your financial disclosures and complete the processes and procedures appropriately that the court needs you to do. We’ll take care of that for you.

In addition to that, we will draft your final judgment. The final judgment essentially will incorporate all your agreements.

So, were talking about distribution of assets and debts, basically who’s going to get what, parenting plan, custody and visitation, schedules, and we will help you address any issues of child support and spousal support.

We are a neutral third party, so we will work with both parties at the same time to get all the paperwork done for both of you for one affordable price.

Now, keep in mind that we will be going down the court for you. Our main office is in Valencia but we do serve all Los Angeles County courts. So, feel free to give us a call or go to our website at divorce661.com to get more information on our pricing.

We have our pricing right out front for you so you know exactly what you’re going to be charged upfront and we’d be happy to help you. We do have clients all throughout California. I’d say the majority of our business is in Los Angeles County.

So please give us a call. I’d be happy to give you a free consultation over the phone, make sure you’re a good fit for our company and that we can help you with your divorce.

Tim Blankenship, divorce661.com.

Divorce Paralegal Service In Atwater Village California

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Divorce Paralegal Service In Atwater Village California

Today we are talking to our friends in Atwater Village, those of you that may be considering going to a divorce.

I wanted to let you know that there is an affordable service out there for divorce which is us and I’ll talk a little bit about our background and what we can do for you.

We’re a full service divorce document preparation firm. All we do is divorce in California. We’ve really become the go-to-folks for anyone in California that called us.

We’ve been doing this for several years now and the word has really spread that if you want your divorce done correctly and quickly and properly, that we are the company you need to contact for that.

We are a full service firm. So that means we’re going to fill out all the forms, we’re going to go down the court for you and we’re going to file the documents, we’re going to serve them.

We’re going to do all the necessary financial disclosures, processes and procedures and we’re going to complete your final judgment, that means the agreement per se as far as who’s going to get what property and determination of child support, determination of spousal support.

We’re going to really help you work through those issues and get those points across and we’re going to do that for you so you don’t have to worry about what comes next, how to fill out the forms and so forth.

Probably one of the biggest values we offer aside from the document preparation is our experience. I’ve worked with the courts for several years in the family law department for Los Angeles Superior Court.

After which, I worked for the largest family law firm in California for several years and now I’ve ran this business for several years and we’ve seen a lot, I’ve seen it from different perspectives, the court perspective, from a law firm perspective, and now helping several hundred people get divorced per year representing themselves.

I can tell you that, that’s probably the biggest value with what we offer, is our experience and knowledge in the divorce process. So, you get a lot more than just document preparation when you work with us.

With that said, feel free to give us a call. I’d love to help you through your divorce, help you save some money, help you answer your questions. I’d be happy to give you a free consultation over the phone to make sure we are the right fit for you.

A 90% chance that we will be, meaning that less than 10% of divorce cases actually goes to trial in California and that’s really one of the main reasons you would need an attorney to begin with outside of just getting some legal advice which you can do on a consultation basis only.

You don’t have to necessarily retain them. So, make sure to give me a call, I’d be happy to discuss your particular case and circumstances and help you through your divorce when you’re ready.

Tim Blankenship, divorce661.com. Call me at 661-281-0266. I’d be happy to talk to you and let you know if you are a good fit for our company. Talk to you soon.

Can I File For Divorce In California I Wasn’t Married In California

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Can I File For Divorce In California I Wasn’t Married In California

Today we’re talking about why it doesn’t matter where you were married for purposes of getting divorced.

I’ll assume that too many people would have this question but it’s come up enough times to address in video.

For instance, I get calls such as ‘Tim, can I get divorced in California, I was married in the Philippines or I was married in Australia or I was married in the UK’ things of that nature.

When it comes to divorce, it’s basically a jurisdictional issue as far as California is concerned, if you’ve lived in the state for six months and in the county for three months, that is the court that you would file in.

So, if you live in Los Angeles County and you’ve been in the state for more than six months and the county for more than three, you would file your divorce in LA County.

If you had recently moved in to California, technically you would have to wait. If you’ve change counties, you can move from one county to the next and if you are to file, technically speaking you’d have to file on the county you left unless you wanted to wait the time requirement for the county to file in the new county you’re in.

One other thing is if you are married in another country and you’re spouse is still in that country, only one of you needs to be in the county to file. The court only has that jurisdiction or I should say, you can file if you’re living in the county, not both of you have to be there.

As long as one of you are, and then when you serve your spouse, wherever they may be, the court will have jurisdiction over them at that time so they can make orders over the divorce.

I hope that clarifies that question if you had it, that you file where you live not where you’re married.

Tim Blankenship with divorce661.com, we can help you with your divorce anywhere in California. Please feel free to give us a call at 661-281-0266.

California Divorce | What Is Included In The Divorce Judgment

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California Divorce What Is Included In The Divorce Judgment

Today we’re talking about child custody and parenting plans and the different ways you can go about determining that.

We handle a large volume of cases in California and I wanted to address this because it’s a big part of getting a divorce which is dealing with your children, if you have them obviously.

And that is what kind of parenting plan are you going to come up with after you’re divorced. What kind of parenting plan, who’s going to have custody, the visitation and do you even need a parenting plan. That’s what I’m going to talk about.

When it comes to going through a divorce and we’re talking about divorce is where you’re trying to work through this amicably, more of a friendly divorce, you’re not going to court and have a long drawn out argument.

If you’re going to come into an agreement, the courts will allow you to pretty much agree to everything as it pertains to children regarding the parenting plan and it really just depends on you and what you agreed with your spouse on how you want to care for your children.

Let me give you some examples, first of all you can have a very specific child custody and visitation plan, a parenting plan if you will. That basically indicates every minute of the day of your children whose care they’ll be in for instance.

It could be that so specific that it says “husband is to have custody on alternating weekends from 5PM on Friday to 8PM on Sunday and a weekday visit on Wednesdays from 4PM until 9PM”. You can get very specific.

You can even indicate who is going to pick them up, who is responsible for transportation. You can get really, really detailed and really grind it out if you want.

Where we see that happening, not so much on what we do but when I worked for a law firm in the past where people are battling in and out, fighting for every inch. We see very specific child custody and visitation agreement or orders.

The other way to go is to say, and I had people straight out say this, “I don’t want the court involved in our ability and decision making on how we raise our kids and custody and visitation.”

So you don’t have to have a specific custody and visitation agreement if that is something that will work with you and your spouse.

You can simply say, we want joint legal and joint physical custody and as far as who’s going to have them, when and for how long is going to be determined on an on-going basis and the best interest of our children and leave it at that.

That way, it’s open for you guys to make decisions as you forward. Who’s going to pick them up, who’s going to have them, when it’s going to be and so forth?

And kind of be adults about the situation and probably treat is as you did when you were married if you’re able to have that on-going ability to communicate effectively after you’re divorced.

I just want to talk about those two differences in ways you can go. In our business, we see a lot of open ended custody and visitation or folks just wanted to continue on with raising their children the way they did without any court intervention or specific orders telling them what they have to do.

Tim Blankenship, divorce661.com. Go to our website for more information. I’d be happy to help you with your divorce in California, that’s what we’re specialized in.

California Divorce | What Can Go Wrong When Doing It Yourself

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California Divorce What Can Go Wrong When Doing It Yourself

Today we’re talking about what happens when divorce doesn’t go necessarily as you planned.

And this is specifically related to the idea of doing your own divorce, and I mean specifically those of you who are considering doing your own paperwork trying to save money.

If you think that’s what really happens. Not necessarily the case and I’ve done videos on why but for purposes of this video I want to talk about what happens if the divorce doesn’t go as you planned.

Meaning, you get into it, you do the paperwork, you think it’s just a matter of filling out forms and to a certain degree it is but a lot of it has to do with, when it comes to the forms, what goes on the forms, how to fill them out, how to file them, how to serve them, all of that type of process and questioning that you’re going to have to go through. That’s part one.

But the most important part is the questions you’re going to have about the divorce process in general. You’re going to have questions about child support determination and how’s that calculated. Spousal support determination and how’s that calculated.

You’re going to have questions about how to divide a property, how can you divide a property, what will the courts allow as far as dividing the property. What’s the best method to go?

Should you do it hybrid divorce, a default divorce, an uncontested divorce, basically what I’m getting at is there’s a lot of things you consider when deciding if you’re going to do your own divorce or deciding if you should get a professional company such as us to help you.

Obviously, our recommendation from day one, before you ever get started, you give us a call so we can provide a consultation to you and explain to you the process and then we’ll let you know based on what you’ve told us if we think you may be able to do it on your own or if we’d suggest a company like us to take care of your divorce for you.

There are just so many things that can go wrong not only with the paperwork but just in decisions and procedure and processes with the court. It’s just not as easy as people think.

There is a big misconception out there that you can do your own divorce and while that is technically true, those that accomplished completing their divorce on their own without any assistance is very far and few between.

I just want to get that point across. When you work with a service like us, we offer a tremendous value in that we do everything for you from beginning to end including prepping the paperwork, take them down to court, filing it, serving it and most importantly providing you an information you need and answering the questions you will have whether you know you have questions about it or not.

We will bring certain things to life, food for discussion if you will, throughout the process that will help streamline and facilitate and make this process of getting divorced easier than you thought imaginable.

Please give us a call at 661-281-0266. I’d be happy to talk to you about your particular case and what we can do to assist you.

We do specialize in divorce in anywhere in California.

California Divorce | Use The Same Name On All Divorce Forms

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California Divorce Use The Same Name On All Divorce Forms

Today we’re talking about the importance of having the information on your forms identical throughout the divorce process.

As you’re filling out your divorce forms, it’s important that your name specifically, on how you list your name in the summons and the petition remain the same all the way through.

We had recently some clients that came to us who were attempting to do their own divorce. They’re having some difficulty, they had their paperwork rejected multiple times and one of the reasons was the name throughout the process, because this is over a period of several months and almost a year.

They started changing their name, meaning they left out their middle name or instead of William they used Bill and things like that.

What you want to do is when you start your divorce and on the summons and petition, whatever name you start with you’ll going to want to use that throughout the divorce. So, if my name is Tim S. Blankenship, I would want to use exactly that on all summons and petition.

You’re going to want to use that at the top of all your forms and where you name the petitioner and respondent on the summons and petition. You’re going to want to make sure that that’s the same all the way through.

Now, when you use our service this is never an issue because we use some courts software that once we set up the account it’s transferred over to all the forms. That’s never an issue for us.

But if you’re out there trying to do your own divorce and you’re doing this a bit at a time and you’re getting the forms off the internet or you’re filling them out by hand with pen, there is a chance that as the weeks and months goes by that you start to change things. That you put a different name, maybe leave out an initial which is all it takes to have this problem.

So, this particular case, they were trying to file a default case and when they submitted the request to enter default, it was rejected and it says ”names of petitioner and respondent do not match the names on the petition”.

When we looked at the paperwork, what they had done is on the petition they had first, middle and last. And then when they filled out their notice to enter default they just had first and last and because the names no longer match, they rejected it solely on that.

Just keep in mind if you’re doing your own divorce, make sure you use the same name. If it’s first, middle, last or first, middle initial, last, whatever it is, make sure it’s the same at the top of the forms where you’re listing your name and address and where you list your name as a petitioner and as a respondent.

This is something you can really foul up your divorce, whether it gets caught at the nose of request to enter default stage or when you submit your judgment. if that is in the wrong name or different name than the petition, the judgment will be rejected for that issue alone.

Tim Blankenship, divorce661.com. Feel free to give me a call. The number is 661-281-0266. I’d be happy to help you with your divorce whether you’re just getting started or you’re somewhere in between or you’ve taken it all the way to judgment and had it rejected multiple times.

Give us a call, we can pick up where you left off, we’d be happy to help.

California Divorce | Property Order Attachment Completion FL-345

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California Divorce | Property Order Attachment Completion FL-345

Today we are talking about the divorce judgment when you go to enter your judgment and what forms are needed and today we’re specifically talking about the judgment order attachment.

So, when you submit your judgment, we’re talking about the forms specifically not the marital settlement agreement. If you have a judgment that involves children, you’re going to have the child custody order.

If you have child support you’re going to have the child support order. If you have spousal support, you’re going to have spousal support order. If you have property, you’re going to do the property order and we’re talking about form FL-345.

What we’re starting to see is a trend with the courts here that they now want to see a property order attachment, even if there is no property.

In the past we could get away with just marking on the judgment there’s no property to be disposed off by the court. And then we started seeing the trend of judgment coming back with the clerk asking that we include a property order and simply saying none on there.

This is form FL-345 and where it says, division of community property assets for petitioner and respondent. And if there’s no property, simply mark the box that there’s no community property asset.

And same goes for separate property and community property debts. You can simply mark the “No” box.

So even if there’s no property, just mark “no community property assets”, “no community property debts”, and for separate property, everyone is going to have some separate property whether you listed it or not in your financial disclosures.

One thing that we’ve noticed that the courts would like as far as separate property, you don’t have to actually list all the separate property. What we have been writing is this following phrase, and also this is the court confirms the following assets or debts as the sole property or sole responsibility of the petitioner, and then, there’s a line for the respondent as well.

But what we write under there and this is number 4A on the FL-345 is “any and all assets and debts in petitioner’s name or possession”. Same thing for respondent, “any and all assets and debts in the respondent’s name or possession”.

That basically will take care of any and all assets that are in your name and possessions are going to be confirmed to you as your separate property. And that takes care of that without having to list all your separate property.

Just a quick little note on that, here’s a trend we’re trying to see with the courts so I want to make sure we got that out to you guys.

Please call us if you need help with your divorce in California, that’s what we specialize in. please check our website or give me a call. The number is 661-281-0266.

California Divorce | Notice Of Case Review Default Letter

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California Divorce Notice Of Case Review Default Letter

Today we’re talking about a little bit of a change with the California court systems in the past.

And we’re going to be talking about a notice you may get in the mail if you’re representing yourself, lets say, notice of case review / default family centered case resolution. So, notice of case review default.

In the past when you would file for divorce, you’d file the paperwork. You’d serve the paperwork, and if you didn’t do those things, then the court wouldn’t ever get involved. They wouldn’t ever step in. You would never get any letter or anything from the court.

Now what they’ve done is there are certain milestones, certain dates that will trigger the courts to automatically take an action to notify parties that their case is not finished or that they need to do the next step.

Again in the past they never got involved. You can file, serve and your case could linger 5, 10 or 15 years – I’ve seen it – and not a single notice and a lot of times people would think they’re actually divorced when they’re not.

Because of those issues I’m assuming and many others, what the courts started doing and we noticed probably towards the end of 2013, into 2014 is they started taking a proactive approach to handling divorce matters and making sure they’re moving along so the notice of case review default.

That’s a letter you’ll get if you filed you’re paperwork, you served your paperwork and let’s say you’ve done your financial disclosures but then nothing else is going on and you haven’t filed a default case yet.

If your spouse hasn’t responded after 30 days after being served you have a default where you can file a default and complete your case. So this specific notice, notice of case review default, you’ll receive this in about six months, four to six month mark after you served your spouse.

When they’ve seen you filed, you’ve served your spouse, you’ve done your financial disclosures and then it kinds of just lingered, you’re going to get this notice, notice of case review/default and what it is, is it’s a notice from the court basically saying your case is not complete.

Here are the steps to complete your case, file a proof of service if you haven’t, do your financial disclosure if you haven’t, and that you need to, if you’re going to proceed by default, enter the request to enter default.

So they can default the case and then you can move forward with your judgment. It’s just a little bit of a notice to let you know that your case is not complete because there’s certain amount of time has elapsed since you’ve filed and served your spouse.

So, if you get this, there’s no alarm and it doesn’t require you to appear in court, at least this one did not. So, if you get this, read through it.

They’re just letting you know there’s more steps to complete your case and I think it’s a good step forward in helping people understand, who’s representing themselves like the clients we help that their case is not complete.

My name is Tim Blankenship with divorce661.com, specializing in affordable divorce in California. Please give us a call at 661-281-0266 if you’d like help with your case.