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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 Feb 26, 2012 By Thurman Arnold
Q. If I put my wife on TITLE to my RESIDENCE does she get half if we DIVORCE? A. If you place your wife on title for any reason you run the risk that in the event of later divorce she will have some ...
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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 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 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 Jun 14, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. Before my wife and I married, she convinced me to sign a Prenup prepared by her brother, who is a Los Angeles divorce attorney. It says that I waive any right to property acquired with her ...
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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 May 24, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. I own a business that I began shortly after marriage. Now I am getting divorced. Is this community property even though my partner never worked the business, and if it is what methods might be used ...
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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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Posted on Jan 7, 2010 By Thurman Arnold, III
Q. My wife and I separated in June 2009. When we purchased our home in March of 1998 (married December 1994), she used part of an inheritance from her grandmother to help with the down payment. I have ...
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Posted on Aug 20, 2009 By Thurman Arnold
Q. Can you please help. I understand a Moore-Marsden analysis needs to be performed on my house in my pending divorce, but I don't understand what it is my attorney is telling me. These are the ...
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