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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

How California family courts divide credit cards, car loans, mortgages, tax debt, and student loans in a divorce, and why creditors can still collect from you after judgment.

The date of separation controls which income, debts, and assets are community property and can decide whether a marriage counts as long-term for spousal support. Here is how California courts decide it and how to prove yours.

How California courts decide whether a business is community or separate property in divorce, how Pereira and Van Camp work, valuation, and who keeps it.

How California divides 401(k)s, pensions, CalPERS, and military retirement in divorce: the time rule, QDROs, joinder, and hidden account remedies.

How California courts decide who keeps the house in a divorce: community versus separate property, down payment reimbursement, Moore/Marsden interests, buyouts, sale orders, and deferred sale of home orders.

California is a no-fault divorce state, so an affair does not by itself change property division, support, or custody. But money spent on the affair, a new live-in partner, and how the affair affected the children can matter. Here is what judges in San Bernardino and Riverside County actually look at.

Meta Description: Learn California's community property laws. Understand which assets divide 50/50 and which you keep. Discover why mediation protects your assets better than court. Introduction You're getting divorced, and one of the biggest questions is: Who gets what? California is a community property state. This means that assets acquired during marriage are generally split 50/50. However, assets you brought into the marriage or inherited remain yours. It sounds si

California divides community property equally by default, but spouses can agree to almost any division they want in a written marital settlement agreement. This article explains what counts as community and separate property, how prenuptial and postnuptial agreements change the default, what a transmutation under Family Code section 852 requires, and how an uncontested judgment puts the agreement into effect.