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5 Tips For Protecting Separate Property During A Divorce Division of Marital AssetsDivorce

5 Tips For Protecting Separate Property During A Divorce

This article gives the top 5 tips to protect separate property. Reach out to the…

Kathy MinellaMay 7, 2024

Do I Need a Lawyer For My Child Support Case? Child Support

Do I Need a Lawyer For My Child Support Case?

Whether you are the parent seeking support or the one being asked to pay it,…

Kathy MinellaMay 2, 2024

What Is The Difference Between A Custody Agreement And An Order? Child Custody & Visitation

What Is The Difference Between A Custody Agreement And An Order?

Did you know that 44% of marriages end up in divorce? When this happens, one…

Kathy MinellaMay 1, 2024

The Difference Between a Domestic Violence Restraining Order and a Civil Harassment Restraining Order Domestic Violence Restraining Orders

The Difference Between a Domestic Violence Restraining Order and a Civil Harassment Restraining Order

Two of the most common types of restraining orders are civil harassment restraining orders and…

Kathy MinellaApril 30, 2024

Do I Qualify For Summary Dissolution Divorce

Do I Qualify For Summary Dissolution

Dissolution is the official term for divorce in California. There are two ways you can…

Kathy MinellaApril 26, 2024

What Qualifies as an Estate Planning Amendment and What Doesn’t Estate Planning

What Qualifies as an Estate Planning Amendment and What Doesn’t

The estate planning process is a continuous and ongoing process as one progresses in life.…

Jasmin DimsonApril 24, 2024

Steps to Collect Back Child Support Payments in San Diego Child Support

Steps to Collect Back Child Support Payments in San Diego

If you are a custodial parent, you are eligible to receive child support payments from…

Kathy MinellaApril 18, 2024

How Can a Change in Circumstance Affect My Child Support Payment? Child Support

How Can a Change in Circumstance Affect My Child Support Payment?

When there is a significant change in any of the factors that the judge considers…

Kathy MinellaApril 17, 2024

A Mediator is Not a “Shared” Divorce Lawyer DivorceMediation

A Mediator is Not a “Shared” Divorce Lawyer

In a typical mediation proceeding, each party consults separately with the mediator, and then the…

Kathy MinellaApril 16, 2024

Probate Court For California Juveniles Child Welfare

Probate Court For California Juveniles

Probate Court can refer cases to Juvenile Dependency under CA Probate Code Section 1513 (b).

Kathy MinellaApril 10, 2024

Do Relatives Have Rights: What To Do When Child Welfare Removes a Minor From The Home Child Welfare

Do Relatives Have Rights: What To Do When Child Welfare Removes a Minor From The Home

What is a relative or close family member do when Child Welfare removes  a minor…

Kathy MinellaApril 9, 2024

Courthouses Which House Juvenile Dependency Departments Within San Diego County Child WelfareFamily Law Blog

Courthouses Which House Juvenile Dependency Departments Within San Diego County

San Diego currently has three different courthouses, each of which is home to at least…

Kathy MinellaApril 4, 2024