When a court reporter isn’t available, the Superior Court of Los Angeles County will now allow electronic audio recordings to serve as the official record in family law, probate, and unlimited civil cases. The change follows the California Supreme Court’s decision in FVAP v. Superior Court and helps litigants preserve…
A divorce is harder to keep quiet when your name is known, and a court filing can reach the press fast. Here's how celebrities keep a high-asset divorce private in Hidden Hills and Calabasas: they use the tools California gives every spouse to control what reaches the court file. Financial…
Many divorcing spouses wonder, “Are trusts and inheritances protected in a California divorce?” When spouses divorce in California, inherited wealth is typically off-limits to property division negotiations. However, legal complications arise when spouses deposit inheritance checks into joint bank accounts, use inherited money to buy marital assets, or place wealth…
The division of assets in a divorce has changed over the last decade, as the use of cryptocurrency and digital financial assets has increased substantially. In a divorce with many high-value financial assets, a fair division of marital property is important to protect your future. It’s important to know how…
While openness about finances is vital in California divorces, sometimes it's a challenge to uncover every asset obtained during the marriage. Deferred compensation, carried interest, offshore accounts, and other sophisticated assets often require closer examination to determine whether they should be included in the marital estate. Understanding where high-earning spouses…
If you or your spouse works as an artist or in the entertainment industry, you may be wondering how residuals, backend points, & loan-out corporations are divided in a Hollywood Hills divorce. Fairly analyzing and dividing these assets is extremely complicated, but they are often divided in a divorce case.…
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