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How to Adopt a Child in California Adoptions

How to Adopt a Child in California

Trying to adopt a child in California? This article discusses the process to adopt a…

Kathy MinellaMay 15, 2024

How To Handle Common Co-Parenting Issues Child Custody & Visitation

How To Handle Common Co-Parenting Issues

Parenting is challenging under any circumstances, but if you’re co-parenting with an uncooperative former spouse,…

Kathy MinellaMay 15, 2024

How Long Does It Take to Get a Child Custody Order in San Diego? Child Custody & Visitation

How Long Does It Take to Get a Child Custody Order in San Diego?

Some custody cases resolve within weeks, while others take years. If you and your co-parent…

Kathy MinellaMay 14, 2024

Division of Military Benefits Division of Marital AssetsDivorceMilitary Divorce

Division of Military Benefits

Once an individual within the military service has completed twenty years of military action, they…

Kathy MinellaMay 9, 2024

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

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