062: Why You Should Choose A California Uncontested Divorce

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In this episode, we will be discussing why you should choose a California Uncontested Divorce.

We will be talking about what’s some of the benefits are of going through an uncontested divorce in California. And when we say uncontested we basically mean the parties are attempting to work through their divorce.

And come to a conclusion or a decision on everything that’s involved with divorce on their own as opposed to allowing it to go the way of attorneys or in enough where in the courts in the divorce courts.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast to know more about uncontested divorce in California.

061: Why You Shouldn’t Delay Filing Your California Divorce

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In this episode, we will be talking about the reasons why you should not delay filing your California divorce.

Here’s the reasons as to why you should file your divorce as soon as you and your spouse have decided to do so or the earliest you possibly can. Delaying filing for your divorce can cause a ripple effect which you will want to avoid as much as possible.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast to know more about why you should not delay filing your California divorce.

060: California Divorce Summary Dissolutions

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In this episode, we will talk about California divorce summary dissolutions.

A summary dissolution is a divorce process where the courts allow you to go through the process and what they say is a much simpler way. You can’t have a lot of assets. You can’t have a lot of debts. And there are a lot of other restrictions on using a summary dissolution.

The problem with the summary dissolution is, it is a joint petition. And because it is a joint petition, both of you and your spouse, have to pay a filing fee.

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast to know more about California divorce summary dissolutions

059: How To Keep A Long Term Marriage

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In this episode, we will be discussing how you can maintain a long term marriage. Although we offer divorce service, we still would want you and your spouse to work your marriage out when you are in trying times.

This episode will tell some tips on how you can keep a long term marriage. But when everything is all decided and you and your spouse really wanted to go through divorce, we can definitely help you with your California divorce

Make sure to listen to the latest podcast.

Santa Clarita’s Only Divorce Paralegal Firm

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Santa Clarita’s Only Divorce Paralegal Firm

We are Santa Clarita’s only full service Divorce Paralegal firm in Santa Clarita. I want to tell you a little bit about our business.

As we are a full service Divorce Paralegal firm in Santa Clarita, we take care of everything from beginning to end.

This includes filing your forms for you. Meaning we actually go down the court for you and file your documents.

We prepare and fill them all out for you. We don’t give you any long questionnaires to fill out.

You’ll come to our office and we’ll do that for you. We’ll type them up right there for you while you’re sitting in front of us.

We’ll take them down to court. As I mentioned, file them. We take care of the service, the process, all of the processes and procedures that the courts require we will take care of for you.

You don’t have to worry about how to fill out the form or going down the court or wasting any of your time doing those things.

When you pay our flat affordable fee that’s what it takes care of.

Now we do everything a law firm does. Except we don’t give legal advice and we don’t represent you in court.

So being that we are a full service firm in California and here in Santa Clarita, we’ll do everything a law firm will do.

But we won’t give you legal advice and we won’t represent you in court. Those are two things that we can’t do.

Outside of that just keep in mind that 90% of the cases filed in California, do not require that of an attorney.

We are a very busy office. We have three offices in Valencia currently and helping several hundred clients per year.

And we’re just trying to get the word out that we are here to help folks in Santa Clarita going through Divorce. We’re very knowledgeable about the policies and procedures of Divorce.

We’ve worked for the court houses for Los Angeles Superior courts. We have worked for the self help clinics.

And we worked for local area Santa Clarita law firms for several years.

So we have experience coming from multiple different backgrounds like the courts, self help clinics, and a law firm.

So we have a lot of experience background dealing with Divorce. And because we are the only Divorce Paralegal firm here in Santa Clarita, we are helping hundreds and hundreds of clients every year.

So we see a lot of different scenarios. Every scenario is different. I’m sure it’s a little bit different than someone else’s we’ve helped.

I mean there are some similarities but we have a lot of experience because we handle so many cases every year.

Please give us a call. I’d love to talk to you about our service and what we can do for you.

Make sure you’re a good fit. Talk about your specific circumstances. And help you get through your Divorce affordably, quickly and with these little issues as possible.

And again we’ll take care of everything for you so you can go on with your life.

Tim Blankenship Divorce661.com. You can go to our website there for more information. We have our pricing page there.

You can also check us out on iTunes. You can go to our podcast at Divorce661 at Divorce Master Radio.

And on Thursdays, we have a live event, every Thursday at 1:00.

If you want to get more information about Divorce you can tune in to our live broadcast. And you can ask us questions. And you can get to know us more as a company here in Santa Clarita.

We have a lot going on. We’re very knowledgeable about Divorce here in Santa Clarita.

Please give us a call, the numbers on your screen. And I look forward to helping you soon.

SCV Legal Docs | SCV Legal Docs Imposters of SCV Legal Doc Assist

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I am sorry to have to do this, but i have just learned that there is an imposter among us here in Santa Clarita, CA.

What I have learned is that recently, a company by the name using SCV Legal Docs is trying to steal business away from our company I worked so hard to build, by tricking unsuspecting consumers who are searching for our legitimate business in Santa Clarita.

We are not SCV Legal Docs, We are SCV Legal Doc Assist and also known as divorce661.com.

It is a bad business practice what this person is doing and I am sure it will not get them very far.  What they have done is create a business name so similar to ours that it is their intent to trick people into calling them, who are trying to call us.

They have specifically created a Yelp listing that, when you search for us, also shows their business as well.  Not to mention that when you call their phone number, they answer the phone with our business name.

This person is operating in a complete unethical business matter.  This business expects to succeed by cheating and lying about who they are to trick our clients into calling them.

I have contacted Yelp and asked for their assistance, but there is no way of getting a hold of anybody there.  I sent an email to their contact and will hopefully hear from them soon as I have asked them to remove these other listings.

Not only am I concerned about lost revenue, of course, but the fact that they are using my name, people are going to think that their poor service is part of our company and could reflect negatively on us.

I would love to hear from anyone who was tricked into calling SCV Legal Docs when you were in fact trying to find our SCV Legal Doc Assist business.

It is sad, really ,that someone would have to stoop this low to try and steal clients away from us.

Once the word gets out about this company, I am sure they will be run right out of Santa Clarita.

Just to confirm, We are not SCV Legal Docs

We are SCV Legal Doc Assist and have helped 1000’s of people complete their divorce in Santa Clarita, CA and all around California.

Please call us at 661-281-0266 if you need assistance with your divorce.

Santa Clarita Divorce | Santa Clarita Divorce Services

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Santa Clarita Divorce | Santa Clarita Divorce Services

Hi, my name is Tim Blankenship with divorce661.com.

We are licensed and bonded legal document preparation form, we specialize in divorce, essentially, we are paralegals. You probably know us as paralegals; you may have even searched for us and found us by searching for a divorce paralegal.

So I just want to talk a little bit about the Santa Clarita divorce process.

If you’re watching this you’ve obviously searched for something relevant to that.

Again, we are licensed and bonded legal document preparation firm, we specialize in divorce and we are headquartered in Santa Clarita. We can help you with your divorce case, either filing for divorce, or responding for divorce, essentially anything that has to do with divorce, custody, family in general, anything that the family court, we can handle.

Post-judgment motions, if you need to modify support, up or down, change custody visitation, basically everything we can take care of for you.

As legal document assistants we can have a direct relationship with you as opposed to a paralegal that has to work under the supervision of an attorney.

We don’t have any attorneys in our firm, we’re not required to, the county, per our bond, and our license, trust us to work directly with you, due to our experiences in the firm. So let’s talk about that a little bit our experiences.

Started off working at the self-help clinics at the San Fernando court house, did that for six months, followed by doing a two year internship with the Los Angeles superior court in the family law department, in fact I still have my certification with them to this date.

After that I’ve worked with Santa Clarita’s largest family law firm for two years, getting additional exposure.

So I have experienced both form the law firm perspective, the court perspective, and the self-help client perspective, roll  that all together and here we are today with divorce661 in Santa Clarita. Helping clients save money, get through the divorce process, paying us to help you avoid frustration doing this on your own.

This has been Tim Blankenship, divorce661.com we have free consultation feel free to give me a buzz 661-281-0266 and you can always get more information at our website at divorce661.com.

Thanks for reading!

Home Appraisals & Divorce, Pricing for Success In Santa Clarita

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If you are going through a divorce in Santa Clarita and you own a home you will have to make a decision on whether one of you are keeping it and buying the other out, or if your need to sell.  To do that you need to determine the fair market value of your home.

The best way to do this is through hiring a Santa Clarita Certified Real Estate Appraiser and not rely on Realtor’s or neighbors.  I asked Anthony Barrett with SCV Appraisal Service to explain the best way to appraise your home during divorce.  Enjoy!

Home Appraisals & Divorce, Pricing for Success

By: Anthony Barrett, Certified Real Estate Appraiser

The housing market rarely stands still and understanding your home’s value need not be as complicated as it may appear. Depending on who you talk to, the spread of suggested values for your home can be quite large resulting in frustration and confusion for everyone involved.

Determining value can be daunting task that is often clouded by personal agendas and incorrect information when approaching it from outside sound appraisal principles and methodologies. We’ve all experienced that neighbor that seems to know everything but never has the time to double check the facts or the Realtor that looks for the highest sale in the area and assumes you must be 5% above that.
Bringing in a professional unbiased third party to help establish price when the decision is made to liquidate the property is a smart decision that will add checks and balances that everyone can agree on.how_to_appraise_your_home_during_divorce_in_santa_clarita

Selling your house for the highest possible price during a divorce in an effort to maximize equity is the goal. However, pricing your home properly and at the same time understanding how that price relates to current market conditions, exposure periods and competing inventory will speed the process and create less stress. An appraisal developed for the purpose of establishing a current market value will not only provide you with a well supported value based on facts, but will also give you the information needed to make informed negotiation decisions.

The appraisal will be developed based on comparable sales and how those compare to your home within the context of the current market. The appraiser will also look at those sales currently on the market and how fast those homes are being absorbed into the market. The unique features of your property will be considered based on how they relate to those of comparable homes as well as the actions of buyers and sellers of those homes.

It’s important to note that cost does not equal value when property features are considered but rather contributory value of those features is determined based on comparable sales.

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Negotiating a fair divorce property settlement is a difficult process. You want your settlement to be determined based on true, unbiased, accurate and complete information. Whether you and your spouse own one primary residence or many properties, a qualified real estate appraiser will play a crucial role in the process.

About the Author

Anthony Barrett is the Owner/Appraiser of SCV Appraisal Service a full service Real Estate Appraisal firm located in Santa Clarita. Anthony has over a decade of appraisal experience appraising homes for a variety of clients in and around the Santa Clarita valley. He can be reached at 661-977-7501, tony@scvappraisal.com, www.scvappraisal.com & www.scvappraisalblog.com

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How To Receive Free Money For College When Going Through Divorce Or Already Divorced

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We handle a lot of divorce cases in California and with that comes other potential issues to think about.

One of those issues to consider is college planning!

So I asked to the owner of College Planning Experts, Brian Safdari, to address some of these questions you may have when going through a divorce.

How To Receive Free Money For College If You Are Going Through A Divorce Or Already Divorced

Written By: Brian Safdari

The daunting task of submitting and applying for Financial Aid for college can be an overwhelming chore to say the least. Now imagine if you and your family find
yourselves in a divorced situation. That’s right; it just got 3 times more confusing.  Numerous questions may be swirling in your head: Which parent do we file under.  Do the schools want both parents’ information? Do we have to provide EVERYTHING?

The questions can go on and on.

The good news is that in a divorce situation, you may just have many options in order to receive the most amount in financial aid, assuming you spend some time “planning” and gathering information from a credible source.

First things first are the forms used to apply for financial aid; the FAFSA and CSS Profile. These are the financial aid forms that most state and private schools use to determine financial aid eligibility. From your forms, you will receive a number called your EFC or expected family contribution. This number is used to determine your need. The way a school determines your need is they use your EFC and plug it into the  formula Cost of Attendance (The sticker price to attend college including everything) – EFC (Expected Family Contribution (A number that reflects the amount schools think you a can afford) = Need. Our goal is to reduce your EFC to increase your need. The higher your need, the higher your grants and scholarships.

Now, here come the questions; do you know how FAFSA requires what to list about a divorce family? Do you know legally and ethically how to give them the information but not divulge more than what they need in order to get more free money for college? For example, if you are attending a public university, depending on the specific college, you may be able to submit your financial aid form with one parent. You need to dig deep and know the specific strategies regarding their “non-custodial” rules. We had a student attending a public school that the rule was “Who does the student live with 51% of the time”? In this specific situation, we had the student 51% with the lower income and asset family and we were able to receive 26,000 in grants at UCLA, leaving the family with a total cost of $9,000 per year. No too bad, huh?

Another thing to keep in mind is that since colleges are businesses, they want to have you pay as much as possible for college. Also, we know that FAFSA and other Financial Aid forms have a high error rate. Avoiding mistakes and strategically planning will allow you to make college affordable without going broke.

There are three pillars in the college planning process. How to market and position your child to get accepted into the college of their choice. You will be shocked that colleges are not accepting students based on grades and test scores alone, but a big part is what makes your child “unique”. There are specific formulas to implement to increase your chances in getting accepted, even with a low grade point average (GPA). Pillar number 2 is get the most financial aid possible by understanding the financial aid formula we briefly talked about (COA-EFC = Need). All income level families can receive financial aid if you know how to utilize the financial aid formulas. Pillar number 3 is funding college. How are you going to pay your share for college? How much can you afford monthly? What type of loans and resources are available to ensure you don’t have to sacrifice using all your savings or jeopardizing your retirement?

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Brian Safdari, Founder & CEO, College Planning Experts

Brian Safdari, founder and CEO of www.CollegePlanningExperts.com made costly mistakes that cost him over $53,000 in student loan debt unknowingly and unnecessarily and attended his least desired college. After the mistakes he made, he devoted his life to share the truth about the higher education system and how to legally and ethically take control of the process in order to send kids into the college of their dreams and ensure the parent do not go broke.

If you’d like help navigating through this difficult and complicated process and want your questions answered, call us at College Planning Experts today to sign up for an College Planning Analysis. We can help you find out how to save thousands on college! This will be one of the wisest financial decisions you’ve ever made. Call us at (661) 295-9946 or visit our website at www.CollegePlanningExperts.com. Please make sure you reference “Tim Blankenship” as we have a special gift for you.

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Santa Clarita Divorce Service | Interview With Tim Blankenship

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We just wrapped up a live interview on Google + Hangouts on Air with Connor MacIvor, local Santa Clarita Realtor and Tim Blankenship, the owner of SCV Legal Doc Assist known as Divorce661.com

The interview was mostly about our business here and Connor is always such a good host, which makes the interview process seamless.

We spoke mostly a about divorce and the types of divorce cases we are able to handle.  The interview was recorded which you can view below.

Here is a breakdown of what was discussed in the interview.

  • Who we are and what kind of divorce cases we can handle.
  • That we can handle divorce cases anywhere in California.
  • How we save folks money on their divorce.
  • Why people fire their divorce attorney so we can wrap up their divorce case
  • How we provide tons of information on our website
  • About the 100’s of divorce videos we have produced
  • and much more…

The video is only about 15 minutes and I personally have watched it and it went really well.  It would give you some insights into our business and about the owner.

I really liked the format of Google’s Hangouts On Air because depending on who is speaking, the screen will change to show that person. I also liked that you could put up what Google calls a “lower third” which allows you to show your name and any other information you want to put o there such as a phone number or website.

If you are interested in us interviewing you and you have a business that somehow ties into divorce, please give us a call.  This could be a divorce mediation firm, divorce attorney, real estate agent, bankruptcy attorney, financial planner, etc.

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