What Counts As Community Property in California?

When a couple starts the down the road of divorce, one of the greatest concerns is the division of community property. When a couple decides to utilize the collaborative divorce process, each client agrees that they will share all financial documentation freely and transparently. By agreeing to this, a couple can come to an amicable…

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Important Things to Do Before Starting the Divorce Process

When you realize that divorce is inevitable, your mind starts spinning, and it becomes hard to see the best path forward and what steps you need to take to prepare for the divorce process. It impacts your life in ways you could not even predict, but when you can divorce using a non-adversarial process through…

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Can I Collect Social Security From My Ex?

Social Security Cards

Dividing a couple’s financial assets during a divorce can be tricky if you are not versed in how all the components work and function. During this process, many questions come up, and how social security is handled is a common area of concern. When you choose the collaborative divorce process, there will be a team…

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Why Is Collaborative Divorce Important To Keep Families Together?

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By Rebecca Medina When couples enter into the collaborative process, both spouses and their respective attorneys, financial neutrals, divorce coaches, and mental health experts agree to resolve their marital issues respectfully, encouraging the family unit to be separate and intact once the divorce is finalized. Often highly emotionally charged conversations occur during a divorce, and…

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Importance of Child Therapy During Divorce

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Frequently we see that our clients’ children struggle with emotions when trying to process their parents’ divorce. This struggle may show up as emotional withdrawal, unwanted behavior or a regression in previously mastered skills. Children may struggle with the thought that their living arrangement is changing, the need to attend a new school, the thought…

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Reasons To Do A Mediated Prenup Agreement

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By Rebecca Medina Most often when a couple decides to tie the knot and get married, their To-Do lists can become overwhelmingly long, and multitasking becomes an art within itself. I often find that many couples forget about one crucial step – drawing up a Pre-nuptial Agreement. While a traditional pre-nuptial process usually brings to…

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