A business owner going through a divorce has an added source of anxiety beyond dealing with the end of their relationship, whether the process is acrimonious or not. Depending on when the business was formed, and in the absence of any legal agreement that establishes...
Michelle Hoover
Who Pays Capital Gain Tax on Property after Divorce?
When a couple gets divorced, each may be determined to walk away from their marriage with an equitable share of their marital property as they negotiate their property settlement. However, achieving that goal requires much more than simply considering the face value...
How Long Do I Need to Pay Child Support in California?
When a parent’s marriage ends in divorce, their obligation to provide financial support for their children does not. Parents share financial responsibility for their children, and depending on their relative incomes, how custody is split, and other factors, often one...
How Are Custody Decisions Made for Special Needs Children?
When parents divorce, a key focus for each is usually ensuring that they can maintain their relationship with their children even if their marriage is ending. Often, some arrangement of joint physical and legal custody is devised. Even if these don’t always give...
When Co-Parents Disagree with a Child’s Social Media Usage | Getting a Court Order
Social media use by children is a thorny issue for many parents. When should it be allowed? How much is too much? Which social media platforms are okay? And what limits on what a child can post and who they can interact with are acceptable? In a divorce, however,...
What About the Seed Funding? | Startup Asset Division in Divorce
The division of assets is invariably a challenging part of divorce, made even more so when a business involved. The picture can become even more complex when the business in question is an early-stage startup. The seed funding such a venture has secured to develop...
How Will My Startup Be Evaluated in a Divorce?
Bringing a startup from an initial idea to the point where it turns a profit, can be advantageously sold, or goes public is an undertaking that requires enormous dedication, skill, and luck. Many founders and key startup employees put everything else in their lives on...
What Happens to My Intellectual Property in a Divorce in California?
When a couple divorces, dividing assets such as real estate, bank accounts, and brokerage funds, is an expected part of the separation and these divisions are often complex. For business owners, creators, and inventors, however, property division can also involve...
Navigating Divorce with Separate Bank Accounts
Untangling your personal finances can be one of the trickiest parts of getting divorced. After years of pooling income and viewing your assets as belonging to both spouses, determining what each will walk away with when the divorce is finalized is almost never as...
The Top 3 Factors that Influence the Cost of a California Divorce
When a couple divorces in California, they may believe they’re braced for how expensive and time-consuming the process will be. Nevertheless, many couples are still shocked by the size of the costs when the bills start to roll in. Despite all the popular information...