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 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.

Who pays attorney fees in a California divorce? How need-based fees under Family Code 2030 and sanctions under section 271 work, the FL-319 and FL-158 paperwork, and what judges look for.

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.