How Do I Prepare For An Amicable Divorce | Santa Clarita Divorce | Divorce661.com

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How Do I Prepare For An Amicable Divorce | Santa Clarita Divorce | Divorce661.com

Preparing for an amicable divorce is more of a mindset than anything else. The idea is that you want to make decisions in the overall best interest of both parties and not try to win or take advantage of the other party by dealing in good faith.

Tim Blankenship here with Divorce661.com and what we’re talking about in this video is how to prepare for an amicable divorce and this really is going to boil down to you and your spouse deciding that you will be amicable and how can you best achieve that some of the tips I would recommend would be like.

Number one, focus on the big picture. Look at the overall nature of the agreement, not each little individual items separately while you can look at it separately, consider them with the overall global Information that you have to utilize.

I would also say negotiate the terms of your divorce agreement in good faith. If you’re trying to win or get a better deal than your spouse and take advantage, that’s definitely not going to be beneficial to the amicable process.

And more importantly is if you have children create a good parenting plan that works for both of you and then which is done in the best interest of the minor children and that will significantly help you get through the amicable divorce process.

Uncontested Divorce Benefits | Santa Clarita Divorce | Divorce661.com

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There are many benefits to going through an amicable, uncontested divorce in Santa Clarita.

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Tim Blankenship here with Divorce661.com And in this video I want to talk about the benefits of an uncontested divorce in California.

So there are several the first one would be cost it’s going to be much more cost-effective to go through a divorce through a service like ours in an uncontested fashion where we charge flat fees you don’t have to go to court.

There’s no attorney. Retainers there’s no trials and so forth that’s definitely benefit. Number one is going to be cost. Number two is the speed at which your uncontested divorce can get processed because There’s no court, we bypass all of that processing and go straight to the clerk’s office for approval.

So you’re divorce will be completed within just a couple of weeks to a month or so, obviously, it’s still six months before It’s official in the state of California with the cooling off period. But internally, we can get it done, much quicker.

And thirdly, you guys get to call the shots. You make all the decisions, all the terms of the agreement, there’s no court appearance, we process the entire case for you and it’s all done for one low flat fee.

Santa Clarita Divorce | Can You Get A Divorce Without Going To Court | Divorce661.com

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Santa Clarita Divorce | Can You Get A Divorce Without Going To Court | Divorce661.com

Tim Blankenship here with Divorce661.com. And what we’re answering in this video is can you get a divorce without going to court? And the answer is absolutely. Yes,

100% of our clients, never have to go to court and here’s why the only people that go to court, are those people who are asking the judge to make a decision for them, in the form of a trial, or a hearing.

With our clients, you are in charge, you get to call the shots. You decide what the terms of your agreement are from custody, visitation child, support spousal support, property division. You guys call the shots.

We put you through the process and because we are submitting a full agreement to the court. It’s not even going to land on the judges desk. It’s going to land with the judicial assistant, who is going to just make sure the I’s are dotted, T’s were crossed, paperwork was done correctly.

Everything was covered and they see you guys have agreed notarized your judgment and it just gets literally rubber-stamped if everything’s good to go.

So, give us a call. If you have an amicable divorce anywhere in California.

Santa Clarita Divorce | What Is First Step In Getting A Divorce In California? | Divorce661.com

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Santa Clarita Divorce | What Is First Step In Getting A Divorce In California? | Divorce661.com

When people ask what is the first step in getting a divorce in California, I think most people would explain what you need to file with the court in order to get a divorce.  But before you go out and file your divorce, we think you should first talk to your spouse if your goal is to have an amicable divorce in Santa Clarita.

Watch the below video where we explain why.

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

Tim Blankenship here with Divorce661.com  and in this video were answering the question, What is the first step in getting a divorce in California?

Now, I think most people would say the first answer is well you file a petition with court and serve your spouse. But what we say here at Divorce661.com, because we handle only amicable clients is the first thing you should do. The first step in getting a divorce, is talk to your spouse.

If If you’re looking to have an amicable divorce in California, you do not want to file and have your spouse served without them knowing you’re planning on filing for divorce in no way shape or form.

Is that going to set you up for an amicable divorce? So talk to your spouse. Hopefully you guys can reach an agreement. At least agree that you guys don’t want to fight in the divorce process in California and then you can call us and then we can file your case and get the process of divorce going for you.

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Legal separation and divorce are nearly identical when it comes to going through the process.  All the same decisions are made but there is one big difference.  There is not a 6 month cooling off period with Legal Separation like there is with divorce.

There is a way to speed up the legal separation process as far as getting the court to approve your judgment sooner which we discuss in the below video. You can also read the video transcript below.

Tim Blankenship here with Divorce661.com and I want to talk a little bit about legal separation cases. Keep in mind, there’s no six month waiting period like there is with divorce when you file your paperwork. So if you’re trying to streamline your legal separation case you can file your judgment much quicker.

You can file your case for legal separation. Have it served wait 30 days and immediately submit your legal separation judgment for review by the court. You don’t have to wait the six months, you can turn it in at any time after the time is passed from the 30 days of the of the respondent being served.

Or if you want to do it even quicker file and this is what we do, we filed the petition for legal separation, immediately behind that file a response for legal separation. The very next day and immediately following that you can submit your judgment for legal separation because you’ve already established the jurisdiction by the respondent filing the response.

Just a quick tip from Tim at Divorce661.com

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Santa Clarita Divorce | Should You File A Divorce Response? | Divorce661.com

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If you are going through an amicable divorce in Santa Clarita there are a few ways to get through the divorce process.  We are talking about procedural ways regarding the type of divorce you file.

You probably heard the word, “uncontested divorce”.  Did you know the word “Uncontested” has two meanings?  To you it probably means that you and your spouse are amicable and in agreement. And that is a true meaning of the word.

But, to the Courts, uncontested means that a Response form FL-120 was filed with the court.  That is what we mean about it being a procedural meaning. If a response is filed in your Santa Clarita divorce case, all that means to the court is that a response form was filed in the case.

What this article is about, however, is if you should file a response at all…

Our amicable Santa Clarita divorce service focuses on saving our clients money and helping them through the divorce process and keeping them out of court.

To help save them money, we purposely don’t have them file the response (some courts require it  regardless) but Los Angeles County does not require a response be filed for your divorce case.

The reason we bring this up is because when you file a Response, it triggers a 2nd Court filing fee.  You see, when the divorce is filed, when the Petition is filed, the petitioner pays a filing fee.

A lot of people don’t know that when you go to file the response to the divorce, the court will collect another filing fee to file the response.

People are surprised when we tell them that. But then are glad we are explaining that by using our services you will save that second court filing fee which helps offset the cost of our professional services.

Santa Clarita Divorce | What Is An Equalization Payment? | Divorce661.com

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When going through a divorce in Santa Clarita you get to decide how to divide up your assets and debts and other decisions that have to be made.  And hopefully you are going through an amicable divorce…

When dividing up your assets and debts sometimes one spouse may have more assets or debts in their name and you may need to even out the assets and debts values that each spouse is going to receive in the divorce case.

One reason this may come up is as follows.  Let’s say that you both have a pension. Spouse # 1’s is worth $100k and spouse # 2 is worth say $50k.  And let’s further assume that you guys did not want to prepare a QDRO and divide up the pensions.  Lets also assume that there is some other monies, such as the equity from a home from a sale or potential sale of the home.

What you guys could do in this situation is instead of dividing up the pensions, you could equalize the amounts received through the  equity of the home.  So we know spouse # 1 had $50k more in their pension. So $25k, has to come from somewhere to equalize the amount to be received by each spouse to make it even. (keep in mind, this is not required – if you both agreed that one spouse can keep more than the other, that is fine too)

So what you could do here is spouse #2 could receive an additional $25k in equity from the home to offset or equalize these amounts. Another idea, is one spouse could take on more debt to equalize the total amount received in the divorce.

When going through and amicable divorce in Santa Clarita and using a service such as Divorce661.com you have a lot of options when dividing up your community property.

Divorce661 is located in Santa Clarita, CA and provides a full service divorce solution across California. If you are going through an amicable divorce in Santa Clarita or anywhere in California we would love to assist you.

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Santa Clarita Divorce | No Response If Case Amicable | Divorce661.com

If you are trying to do your own Santa Clarita Divorce and going through the Court’s self help centers, they are going to tell you one way of how to handle your case.

The way they have you handle your divorce is by assuming your case is NOT amicable and that you will be going to court or to trial at some point.

So based on this, their process is to have you file paperwork with this assumption. That said, the courts process states that once you have filed for divorce and served your spouse, your spouse is required to file a response within 30 days.  This is the standard process for what is known as an uncontested divorce.

That said, there are ways to get through the divorce process and not have to file a response. If you and your spouse are amicable, there is a way to finalize your divorce without the Response being filed and yet still be completely involved in the divorce process and both parties sign a written agreement.

This is how we handle our Santa Clarita divorce clients amicable divorce cases. Why? Because if you are amicable, no response is needed AND it saves you having to pay the 2nd court fee that is triggered when you file the Response.

Divorce661 is located in Santa Clarita, CA and handles amicable divorce cases throughout California.

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Santa Clarita Divorce | Can You File Divorce Response Form FL-120 After 30 Days? | Divorce661.com

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Santa Clarita Divorce | Can You File Divorce Response Form FL-120 After 30 Days? | Divorce661.com

There is a lot of misunderstanding on the whole, “You have 30 days  to file a Response to your Divorce”.

While it is true that you technically only have 30 days to file a Response to your Santa Clarita Divorce, there are a few things you should know.

First, the 30 days does not start until you have been served the divorce papers, not when the case was filed. So if the Santa Clarita divorce case was filed 2 months ago, but you were just served yesterday, the 30 days begins yesterday.

Second, nothing automatically happens after 30 days.  The Petitioner to the divorce would have to take the specific action of preparing and fling a Request To Enter Default Form FL-165.  Until this form is filed, you always have the ability to file the Response.

With our amicable Santa Clarita divorce clients this is never an issue. We don’t file the request to enter default until we are submitting the judgment. We do this so we can provide a full agreement to the court. You see, the benefit of not filing a Response for our amicable clients is that you don’t have to pay the 2nd court filing fee which is triggered when the Response was filed.

So just know that until the request to enter default has been filed, you can always file your Response if you choose to do so.  You can do this even years later after you’ve been served.

Divorce661.com is a full service divorce paralegal firm located in Santa Clarita, CA and assist with parties going through an amicable divorce.  We serve clients across California as our services are provided remotely and no court appearance is required.

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Santa Clarita Divorce | How Much Does A Divorce In Santa Clarita Cost? | Divorce661.com

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Santa Clarita Divorce | How Much Does A Divorce In Santa Clarita Cost? | Divorce661.com

Okay, so the video below was meant to be funny and hopefully you see it that way.

The point being is that divorce in Santa Clarita can be very expensive depending on how amicable or not you two are.

If you have an amicable divorce, as with the clients we work with here in Santa Clarita, your costs for divorce can be very low.  However, if you have contested divorce in Santa Clarita, once where you require divorce attorneys and court and multiple hearings, etc., you could be looking at 10’s of thousands of dollars.

Now, I know you don’t always control how amicable you and your spouse might be.  It does take both of you to try to be reasonable and amicable and find solutions so you can reach an agreement.

And we understand that is is not always possible.  But if it is possible that you and your spouse can reach an agreement, Divorce661 is a great resource to assist you with your amicable divorce in Santa Clarita.

Divorce661.com is located in Santa Clarita, CA and handles amicable divorce cases across California. No office visit is required and no court is required when you use our services.