Recent Posts in Residences Category
Posted on Feb 12, 2017 By Thurman W. Arnold
Community Property Gifts to the Separate Property of the Other Spouse When the community estate pays money towards the separate property assets or expenses of the other spouse, is it always entitled ...
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Posted on Mar 12, 2013 By Thurman Arnold, III, C.F.L.S.
Second Opinion 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 Jan 8, 2013 By Thurman Arnold
Q. I left my husband two years ago, after much verbal abuse. He has been living in our family home, while I've been forced to stay with our adult daughter. Doesn't he owe me something for ...
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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 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? There is an important concept under California Law ...
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Posted on Aug 15, 2011 By Thurman W. Arnold, C.F.L.S.
An Explanation of CA Fiduciary Duties! 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 ...
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Posted on Dec 19, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. My attorney has used the word "tracings" several times when talking about how to figure out my community interest in property in my divorce, and I really don't understand how this ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. I just found out that my ex-partner passed away last week. Our partnership disso became final six months ago. We had agreed to hold some commercial property jointly until the real estate market ...
Continue reading "Our Disso is Final But We Never Changed the JOINT TENANCY DEEDS. My Ex Just DIED." »
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 ...
Continue reading "I Have Been Paying the MORTGAGE Since SEPARATION - Am I Entitled to WATTS CREDITS?" »
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 20, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. My wife and I reached some agreements about support and property division in our divorce. Neither of us have attorneys. I want to write something up that is enforceable. Is there anything I should ...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. My wife cares for our children, but now she insists on keeping the residence that I moved out of 3 months ago. Is it true that it will be ordered sold or that she has to buy me out in our divorce? ...
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Posted on May 19, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. My wife and I separated two years ago and we have decided to divorce. We don't agree on the date we should use to value some of our property, like the home where she's been living in with ...
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Posted on May 11, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. My wife and I are getting our divorce with the assistance of a paralegal. That person has prepared a Marital Settlement Agreement. The paralegal says she cannot give us legal advice. There is a ...
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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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