In recent years, a great deal of research and media attention has focused on the sharp rise in gray divorce – splits among couples aged 50+. While both the crude divorce rate (measured against the entire population) and the refined divorce rate (measures the number of divorces per 1000 married women) have declined in…
Dissolving a marriage involves significant emotional weight and substantial financial stakes. For many couples in the Bay Area, the prospect of a protracted, adversarial courtroom battle is unappealing. Instead, they seek a more streamlined, amicable path. If you and your spouse have reached a mutual agreement on all terms of your dissolution, you may…
In addition to the immense stress and heartache of ending a marriage, going through divorce as a parent can mean suffering excruciating worry about how the split will affect your children, your relationship with them, and your role in their life and upbringing. How will we create a stable and familiar-feeling routine? How will…
When a marriage ends, one of the first questions people ask is: What are the legal grounds for divorce in California? It’s important to know that California is a no-fault divorce state. Understanding how California courts view divorce and how the dissolution process works will help you know what to expect and how to…
There are special considerations that go into pursuing divorce when spousal abuse is involved.
It’s back-to-school season – and in addition to the long list of supplies, it comes with a big range of feelings. For kids, the excitement of reconnecting with friends, meeting new teachers, starting new classes and activities, mixes with end-of-summer blues, the usual worries about the academic year, and adjusting to more structured days….
The dissolution of a marriage creates immediate and profound financial questions, particularly regarding how each party will maintain their lifestyle moving forward. For individuals undergoing a divorce in the Bay Area, determining whether they qualify for spousal support from a former spouse is a central concern. You can receive spousal support in San Francisco…
Raising your kids is quite possibly the most important and rewarding job you’ll ever do – and also one of the hardest. Being a parent has never been easy, but it seems that parents today face challenges, concerns, and cultural expectations that earlier generations largely did not. In “Parents Under Pressure: The U.S. Surgeon…
The prospect of entering a courtroom can introduce an additional layer of anxiety into an already challenging transition. For many individuals dissolving a marriage in the Bay Area, the primary concern is whether their private lives, corporate benefits, and family dynamics will be scrutinized in a public forum. You do not necessarily have to…
In a recent article for PureWow, lifestyle writer Rachel Bowie points out a troubling trend that she finds hard to ignore among her millennial friends and peers: “They both work. They have kids. Every day is a relay race of school pickups, doctors’ appointments, dinner prep and the endless mental load of keeping a…
