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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A spouse who ignores a California divorce petition cannot stop the divorce. After 30 days you can request a default and finish the case with FL-165, FL-170, and FL-180.

Summary dissolution is a streamlined California divorce for couples married five years or less with no children, no real estate, and limited property and debt. Learn who qualifies, the FL-800 forms, the six-month timeline, and when a regular divorce is the safer choice.

A practical guide to divorce and custody cases in Victorville and the High Desert: which courthouse hears your case, the forms, child custody recommending counseling, hearings, support, and judgment.

A practical guide to filing and finishing a divorce in the Coachella Valley, from the FL-100 petition to judgment at the Larson Justice Center in Indio.

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.

Limited scope representation, sometimes called unbundled legal services, lets you hire a California family law attorney for a specific task such as one hearing or one motion, usually at a flat fee, while you handle the rest of the case yourself.

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