Credit cards, car loans, and the mortgage do not disappear when you divorce. Here is how California decides which spouse pays which debt, and how to protect your credit while the case is pending.

A step-by-step guide to filing for divorce in Pomona, California: residency rules, the petition and summons, service, financial disclosures, temporary orders, and how cases at the Pomona Courthouse are finished.

California does not require spouses to mediate a divorce, but parents who disagree about custody must attend mediation before a judge hears the dispute. Here is how both kinds of mediation work in Riverside, San Bernardino, and the High Desert.

California divides community property equally in a Torrance divorce. Here is how the house, retirement accounts, businesses, and debts are handled at the Torrance courthouse.

California courts can set aside all or part of a divorce judgment for fraud, perjury, duress, mental incapacity, mistake, or nondisclosure, but only within strict deadlines. Here is how Family Code section 2122 and CCP 473 work.

California lets spouses waive spousal support in a premarital agreement, but Family Code section 1612 enforces the waiver only if the waiving spouse had independent counsel and the waiver is not unconscionable at divorce. Here is how judges in Riverside, San Bernardino, and the High Desert apply the test.

A High Desert guide to military divorce for Fort Irwin and Twentynine Palms families: where the case is heard, the SCRA, dividing military retirement, BAH and support, and custody during deployment.

How California courts handle the mortgage while a divorce is pending, including the automatic restraining orders, Epstein credits, Watts charges, and temporary orders for exclusive use of the home.

A mandatory settlement conference is the court's last structured push to settle your divorce before trial. Here is how it works in Riverside and San Bernardino County, how to prepare, and what happens if you settle or do not.

A plain-English guide to filing for divorce in Barstow and the High Desert: residency rules, the petition packet, service, financial disclosures, the six-month waiting period, and how San Bernardino Superior Court assigns High Desert cases.

Gramling Law Group serves Hesperia, Oak Hills and Phelan residents in divorce, custody and visitation, child and spousal support, property division, restraining orders and criminal defense. Attorney Daniel Gramling quotes flat fees up front and appears at the Victorville courthouse.

Gramling Law Group serves Barstow, Fort Irwin, Lenwood, Yermo and Newberry Springs residents in divorce, custody and visitation, child and spousal support, property division, restraining orders and criminal defense. Attorney Daniel Gramling quotes flat fees up front and appears at the Barstow courthouse.

An inheritance is usually your separate property in a California divorce, but commingling, joint title, and transmutation can change that. Here is how the rules work and how to protect what you received.

A plain-English guide to dividing community property in a Torrance divorce: disclosures, valuation, the house, retirement accounts, reimbursements, and how the South Bay family law courthouse handles contested property.

Bifurcation lets a California judge restore you to single status while property, support, and custody are still being decided. Here is how Family Code section 2337 works, what forms you file, and the conditions the court attaches.

What to expect at a spousal support hearing at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles: the FL-300 and FL-150 filings, deadlines, temporary versus long-term support, and what the judge asks.

Temporary spousal support keeps the lower-earning spouse afloat while a California divorce is pending. Here is how judges set it, how to ask for it, and how it differs from support after judgment.

Credit cards, car loans, tax bills, and student loans do not disappear when you file for divorce. Here is how California family courts decide who pays each debt, and what you can do to protect yourself.

A step-by-step guide to filing for divorce in Lancaster or Palmdale at the Antelope Valley courthouse, including forms, service, financial disclosures, and how long the case takes.

Divorce mediation in California lets spouses work out custody, support, and property with a neutral mediator, then file the agreement as a stipulated judgment. Here is how the process works, what is confidential, and when it is a bad fit.