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How to Keep Your High Net Worth Divorce Low Profile

How to Keep Your High Net Worth Divorce Low Profile

If you are caught in a divorce where a lot of assets are being divided between you and your spouse, this can be a difficult situation to find yourself in. With property, stocks, and other financial interests involved, a lot can be at stake.

Usually, in such high asset divorces, it is in each party’s best interest to keep quiet about the divorce circumstances and details. This can be to allow time for emotional processing and healing and to protect other family members, such as children. Keeping the private details of your divorce confidential can also give you an advantage in negotiations.

Overall, understanding strategies to keep your divorce confidential and private can go a long way towards protecting the interests of you and your family.

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How to Get a Fast and Friendly Divorce in California

How to Get a Fast and Friendly Divorce in California

Sometimes long-term partnerships, such as marriages, do not work out. This is completely natural, and a lot of marriages can end on good terms. Usually, when considering getting a divorce, most people wonder how they can get it over with quickly so that they can move on with their lives. The urge to get back to a new normal is common.

Perhaps you and your spouse have both decided that getting a divorce is the best thing for your family. You have sorted out your differences, and you are still in strong and clear communication. In that situation, a relatively fast and easy divorce in San Diego can be perfectly attainable.

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How Is Spousal Support Decided in California?

How Is Spousal Support Decided in California?

Divorce is a complex legal process, and legal separation might involve several new systems that must be adapted. When adjusting to a fresh divorce, dividing assets, setting up child visitation plans, and separating joint bank accounts are expected parts of the separation process. Spousal support is one of the most hotly contested aspects of a divorce settlement. It is critical for anyone getting divorced to comprehend how these payment schedules are made and assigned during the settlement process.

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Mediation vs. Litigation

Mediation vs. Litigation: Which Is Better for You?

Even under the most ideal circumstances, a divorce can be painful and overwhelming. The former couple is dealing with the emotions of a broken relationship while also navigating the legal system. Assets must be divided as fairly as possible, and all of the necessary paperwork must be kept track of and filed at the correct time.

That process would be overwhelming for nearly anyone but is made much more difficult if there is also conflict between the former spouses. In those situations, there are two routes that can be followed. Couples who cannot agree on a resolution may choose to litigate the divorce and allow the courts to make all the final decisions about the case. Those who are open to negotiation and a fair divorce may choose to mediate. It is essential to choose the path that works best for you.

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Everything You Need to Know About Premarital Agreements

Everything You Need to Know About Premarital Agreements

Getting engaged and planning a wedding is an exciting time in the life of a couple. Family and friends are celebrating with you as you prepare to begin your life together. Unfortunately, not every marriage will last. Most people do not enter into a marriage relationship planning for it to end in divorce, but it is important to be prepared for that potential outcome.

One way to ensure that both parties are protected and assets are divided fairly is to have a premarital agreement in place. A clear, well-developed premarital agreement will help ease the divorce process and guarantee that both parties receive their fair share of all assets. The experienced family law attorneys at Bickford Blado & Botros can help you craft a premarital agreement to meet both partners’ needs.

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Common Mistakes During Divorce and How to Avoid Them

Common Mistakes During Divorce and How to Avoid Them

Once a divorce has been brought up in a marriage, emotions will likely begin to run high, and more conflicts may arise. This can create a situation where mistakes are more likely to be made. These mistakes can seriously affect your divorce case, potentially resulting in a more emotionally draining divorce that takes longer to finalize. Avoiding these mistakes is the best way to get the most ideal results from your divorce.

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Annulment: The Other Option to Ending a Marriage

What to Do If You Discover Important Information After Finalizing Your Divorce

For those people looking into ending their marriage, divorce is an obvious option that will likely be a person’s first choice. Most people are at least partially familiar with the divorce process and likely know someone who has gone through a divorce. However, there is another way to legally end a marriage in California. Although both a divorce and an annulment sever marital ties, the legal effects of each are very different. There are both pros and cons for each option, so both should be thoroughly considered if they are an option.

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Things to Consider Before Filing for Divorce

Things to Consider Before Filing for Divorce

A divorce is a major decision that will change many things about your life. There should be no shame in asking for and filing for a divorce, but it is worthwhile to ensure that a divorce is truly the next step that you want to take. Discussing divorce with your spouse before you are fully convinced it is the right step can cause irreparable harm to your marriage and drive it to divorce regardless. There are many things to consider before bringing up the discussion with your spouse or filing the papers.

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How Will Property Be Divided in a Divorce in California?

How Will Property Be Divided in a Divorce in California?

A divorce is not typically an easy choice to make, especially when the couple has been together for many years and amassed a large amount of property since the beginning of the marriage. One major concern for the two parties getting a divorce is how this property will be divided between them. Divorce is meant to separate the combined lives of two people, but it may not always be simple and clear how that process will work.

How a divorce will proceed and how property will be divided depends on which state the marriage took place in. There are two different types of states: equitable distribution states and community property states.

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How to Resolve Contested Divorce Mediation

How to Resolve Contested Divorce Mediation

Many divorcing couples in California are taking advantage of alternative dispute resolution to save time and money on their divorce cases. Divorce mediation has quickly grown to be the most popular form of alternative dispute resolution, allowing divorcing spouses to resolve their dissolutions under the supervision and direction of a neutral mediator. However, while many choose alternative dispute resolution to avoid the time investment, stress, and expense that divorce litigation demands, the reality is that even divorce mediation can devolve into a hotly contested legal battle.

It’s important to remember that divorce mediation only requires both you and your spouse to be willing to negotiate. Even if the two of you have trouble having the most basic civil discussions, you can still take advantage of the benefits of divorce mediation when you have legal counsel you can trust.

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