The recent scandal involving President Biden's son, Hunter, and his child-producing affair with Lunden Roberts, has once again brought the legality of establishing paternity through genetic testing to the forefront of the public eye. Ms. Roberts alleged that her...
Divorce
When Same-Sex Couples Divorce: LGBTQ+ and Family Law
Family Law And LGBTQ+ Rights Two important Supreme Court decisions, Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) and Pavan v. Smith (2017), officially established national recognition of non-traditional, LGBTQ+ relationships. Before those decisions, each state individually passed laws...
Why is the Disclosure Process in Divorce so Onerous?
By Jim Hoover, Partner & Certified Family Law Specialist, Hoover Krepelka, LLP Schedule of assets and debts? Income and expense declarations? Demands for production of documents, form interrogatories, oral depositions, third-party subpoenas for records? What...
Getting A Divorce In California: A Step-By-Step Guide
We often get questions surrounding the California divorce process and what to expect, so we have decided to explain this process in six steps. We have written much more extensively on each of these steps in other blogs, and we invite you to learn more through...
How Do You Know It’s Time for a Divorce?
According to data collected by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were over 689,000 divorces in the US in 2021. There are many different warning signs you should get a divorce, or are heading towards one, such as those below. Infidelity...
How long does a divorce process take in California?
Every state has its own laws, which set a framework for the minimum amount of time it takes to finalize a divorce, but the actual time it takes will likely be longer. In California, the statutory minimum time is six months. The actual time can be closer to 15 or 18...
Protecting Your Assets with a Prenuptial or Postnuptial Agreement
What are prenup and postnup agreements? Prenuptial (“prenup”) and postnuptial (“postnup”) agreements are financial contracts that proactively delineate how marital property will be divided and what financial responsibilities will be assumed by each spouse in the event...
Starting Right: Entrepreneurs and Prenuptial Agreements
Prenuptial agreements for entrepreneurs are financial contracts that many may have little knowledge about which is why we are going to cover the basics in this post. For some, prenuptial agreements ("prenups") may have a negative connotation. They are financial...
Medical Professionals and Divorce: Some Unique Challenges
Professional jobs often have unique burdens, and the medical profession is no exception. Stress from the nature of medical practice can often bleed into the personal life of such individuals. Midnight phone calls, abandoned dinner on the table, a hurried departure...
Job Loss in a Divorce
By Jim Hoover, Partner & Certified Family Law Specialist, Hoover Krepelka, LLP There’s already enough financial uncertainty in a divorce: but what happens when either you or your ex-spouse loses a job? Well, you blame the other spouse, of course! That unhelpful...