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Posted on Mar 12, 2013 By Thurman Arnold, III, C.F.L.S.
WebCam Divorce and Family Law Consults You have found this website because you have questions about a system of rules that is alien and certain to dramatically change the landscape of your life, ...
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Posted on Feb 10, 2013 By Thurman Arnold, III, C.F.L.S.
Q. What steps can I take to protect my assets from divorce? My fiance refuses to sign a premarital agreement. Can I be protected without a prenup? A. Let's face it - while many men consult a ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2012 By Thurman Arnold, CFLS
The Most Common Mistakes That Radically Affect Marital Rights and Obligations Upon Separation or Divorce It is amazing how we tend to enter into the most important business relationship of our lives ...
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Posted on Sep 30, 2012 By Thurman Arnold
Family Court Jurisdiction to Divide Jointly Titled Properties Acquired Before Marriage or Domestic Partnership Registration: Family Code Section 2650 My office seems to be the final resting place for ...
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Posted on Mar 2, 2012 By Thurman Arnold, III, C.F.L.S.
Q. My Wife is a personal injury lawyer with a good practice which she started six years before we married. We have been separated for nine months, after nine years together. She just sent me a ...
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Posted on Feb 23, 2012 By Thurman Arnold
Q. I am not on title to a home my husband owned before we married but we paid the mortgage for 7 years. If we divorce, do I have any interest in it? A. There is an important concept under California ...
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Posted on Jan 9, 2012 By Thurman Arnold
Q. If I contest date of separation, what evidence do courts look at? A. The question for trial courts is: Does one or both spouses objectively and subjectively act and appear as though they intend a ...
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Posted on Aug 15, 2011 By Thurman W. Arnold, C.F.L.S.
Marriage of Margulis ( 8/11/2011) 198 Cal.App.4th 277 Part One I am always pleased to report cutting edge rulings by our appellate courts, and this is one of the most important decisions in recent ...
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Posted on May 23, 2011 By Thurman Arnold, CFLS
Marriage of Valli, B222435 PLEASE NOTE - The California Supreme Court granted review of this decision on 8/24/11 and as a result the opinion reviewed below has been vacated. 8/26/11 TWA The California ...
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Posted on Dec 19, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. My attorney has used the word "tracings" several times, and I really don't understand how this works. Can you give me a simple explanation? A. Unlikely (sorry!). Tracings may be ...
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Posted on Oct 22, 2010 By Thurman Arnold, CFLS
Q. How are stock options treated if I decide to dissolve my domestic partnership? A. Stock options are commonly used to attract or retain key employees with incentives outside the basic salary ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. I am considering a divorce. I have found the deed to our home, and I see that the grant deed by which we took title is held like this "to Jim... and Mary..., husband and wife, as Community ...
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Posted on Sep 24, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. I have been occupying our family home alone since my wife left over a year ago. I pay all the interest only mortgage, property taxes, and insurance with no help from her. Does she owe me half of ...
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Posted on Sep 24, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. I have been occupying the home after my wife left over a year ago. I pay all the interest-only mortgage, property taxes, and insurance with no help from her. Does she owe me half of any of this? A. ...
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Posted on Sep 16, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. My Wife removed all the money from our joint savings account immediately before filing for divorce. Some of that money included an inheritance from my grandmother. What are my rights to recover any ...
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Posted on Jul 16, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. How do I use Requests for Admission in my dissolution proceeding? A. Requests for Admission ("RFA's") can be a useful discovery tool in family law proceedings because they allow ...
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Posted on Jun 12, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. I understand that Moore Marsden has something to do with reimbursing the community estate for the mortgage payments we made on the house my wife owned prior to our marriage, but we spent some the ...
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Posted on Apr 7, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. If I marry is it possible to avoid any of my fiance's debt liability? A. Yes. First, your separate property doesn't become liable for a spouse's premarital debt simply by marrying. But ...
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Posted on Apr 7, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. Am I liable for my husband's nursing home bills? A. Yes, under most circumstances. Community and both spouse's separate property is liable for the other spouse's "necessaries of ...
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Posted on Apr 7, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. My husband won't stop gambling. Am I liable for his gambling debts? A. The community property that the two of you own is liable as to satisfy his gambling obligations, assuming there is any ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. My Wife and I are separated. Am I liable for her debts she incurs once we split up? A. If you are a co-signor on, for instance, a credit card account you are also liable to the credit card company. ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. Am I liable for my spouse's pre-marital debt? A. Yes, and no. Whether you are liable for debts of your spouse depends on what kind of property exists and is available to satisfy a debt. ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. Why is the idea of 'physical separation' important in California divorce or domestic partnership dissolutions? A. The idea of "physical separation" is one of the most important ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. What is meant by "separation" in California, and is legal separation a good idea? A. There are two contexts in which the word separation is used in divorce and family law in California: ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. I keep hearing the phrase "interspousal fiduciary duties". What does it mean? A. Few areas of California divorce and family law is changing as rapidly, or is having as great an impact ...
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