Divorce is About the Rest of Your Life
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
Every 16-year old remembers a song about love and love lost. For 52-year old baby boomers heading for divorce, they were sweet 16 when Elton John and Kiki Dee did a duet called “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart.” Written by Elton John with Bernie Taupin under the pseudonyms “Ann Orson” and “Carte Blanche” (a pun …
A Divorce Attorney Can Help You Get Full Parental Rights
California Divorce Divorce is rarely easy or simple, but children in the relationship complicate the legal and emotional processes exponentially. Having a child automatically obligates both parties to assume responsibility for his/her wellbeing, and it also entitles each to parental rights under the law. Rights and responsibilities are inextricably intertwined, but they can be made …
Two Ways to Keep Your Sanity
Divorce Tips and Advice Whether you are initiating the divorce, or you’re the other party in the dissolution, divorce is one of life’s most stressful circumstances. When children are involved, the anxiety and trauma is exponentially raised higher–resulting in both emotional and health-related issues. Between the “If only I had done such-and-such” or “I just …
Valentine’s Day Puts Jinx on Marriages
Godiva, Tiffany and Telaflora are poised to fill their coffers come Valentine’s Day. Statistics report $14.4 billion is spent on chocolate, $2.2 billion on jewelry and $403 million on flowers. Valentine’s Day is the No. 1 holiday for florists. Along with these statistics comes alarming data compiled by Avvo.com, a website providing information for the …
Adoption Law Varies from State to State
Bohm Wildish: Family Law, Adoption According to census information, about 120,000 children are adopted in the United States each year. It is estimated that between six and ten million citizens are adopted; half are typically “stranger adoptions,” in which the child is adopted by people who are not related. The other half is adopted by …
What’s Good About Divorce?
Bohm Wildish: Life After Divorce When you’re in the process of divorce, nothing seems to be good. By aligning yourself with experienced attorneys, you put yourself in the position to ride it out from a place of trust in their legal counsel navigational skills. Yet, from this place of the perfect storm — your wife …
Is Joint Custody Better for Children?
Bohm Wildish: California Divorce and Family Law Is a child better off when both parents have custody? Determining child custody is one of the most difficult aspects of many divorces; while it may not be in the best interest of the child to live with both parents in a single household, the bulk of research …
You Are Not Alone
What is the Length of the Average Marriage Prior to Divorce? If you’ve found yourself going through a divorce, you are not alone. There’s something comforting in knowing you aren’t the only one going through challenging times. For example did you know one of every three Americans are having credit problems? In both cases misery …
Co-parenting with Maria and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bohm Wildish: California Divorce Law Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger spent Arnold’s 64th birthday and this past Christmas together with their four children, Katherine, Christina, Patrick and Christopher. The celebrity Extra website reports, “Children and family come first,” a source close to the estranged couple told People earlier this year, with an additional insider adding, …
Custody Laws Vary from State to State: Seek Help from an Attorney
Bohm Wildish: California Family Law Parenting is not easy, and this is no more true than when parents are going through a divorce or ending a relationship. The court must balance the rights of the parents with the best interest of the child, and it can be difficult to agree on what, exactly, is best …
Find an Attorney Who Knows Divorce Law
Bohm Wildish: California Family Law If you are going through a California divorce, you have undoubtedly heard endless horror stories of unfair settlements, ferocious court battles, and angry, bitter couples ruining the day they met. Most divorces are able to be settled, if not amicably, then civilly, whether with the help of mediators or the …
Is a Divorce Attorney Necessary?
California Divorce: Do you really need a lawyer when you get divorced in California? Technically, no, you do not. But as they say, a man who represents himself has a fool for a client. This is typically stated in the context of a criminal trial, but it is usually on target for divorce as well. …
Can an Uncontested Divorce Still Affect Child Support?
Child Support in California: An uncontested divorce moves through the court system much more quickly and less expensively than contested divorces; in California, a couple can decide on matters including arrangements for the division of shared property and real estates, custody, and child support independent of the court. This is much, much easier said than …
Divorce Mediation: A Lower Cost Alternative that May Work for You
Bohm Wildish Los Angeles Family Law Divorce can take an incredible emotional toll on a couple, but the financial costs can be just as burdensome. As of 2005, the average divorce litigated in court cost $15,000 and took 18 months to resolve. Divorce is one of the most stressful events one can experience in life, …
How Child Support Enforcement Works
Bohm Wildish – Los Angeles, California Family Law Attorney Parents are legally obligated to provide for their children financially, even, and especially, after a relationship with the other parent ends. According to the US Census Bureau, less than half of all custodial mothers and custodial fathers receive all of the support they are owed; about …
