After a California divorce, you may need to modify your plans for retirement. This may prove particularly true if you were banking on getting by using your ex’s retirement funds and you now face a future on your own. However, if you meet specific eligibility criteria,...
Divorce
How can you overcome grief after a divorce?
Grief is typical following a divorce. The loss you experience when you and your spouse have to separate is life-altering. While there are benefits in the long run, you have to make it through your grief to see the light at the end of the tunnel. According to...
Mental health, divorce, and you
Getting a divorce is stressful under the best of circumstances. When one party has a mental health disorder, dissolution of marriage is more likely. It is also bound to be even more emotionally upsetting. Psychological wellbeing has the potential to affect a...
Who pays the mortgage during a divorce?
Divorcing couples still paying off their house must figure out how to satisfy their lender while dissolving their marriage. Spouses may wonder which of them bears responsibility for keeping up with mortgage payments. SFGate explains which party pays off the home loan...
How may an ex-spouse receive benefits from a retirement plan?
Community property in California includes contributions made to retirement plans during a marriage. You and your soon-to-be ex-spouse may need to discuss dividing proceeds from a pension or an IRA as part of your divorce decree. As noted by Kiplinger's Personal...
What happens if your spouse starts dating during your divorce?
While everyone knows divorce can be hard on anyone, not every divorcing spouse reacts the same way to it. If your husband or wife has been having an affair, he or she may begin to date openly before the end of your marriage becomes final. Alternatively, your spouse...
Where may your spouse try to hide assets?
If you notice furtive behavior on the part of your spouse when it comes to financial matters during divorce, you could have a problem on your hands. This unfortunately typical problem is known as asset hiding. When combating this issue and finding hidden assets, it...
Support your adult children during your divorce
Divorce never affects just the couple. Children, extended family and friends all feel the impact. This is true even if you divorce in later life after your children have grown. If your children are adults, you may not give much thought to how your divorce affects them...
How California community property laws impact high-asset divorce
California is one of nine US states that follow community property laws. That means in a divorce action, any property acquired during the marriage belongs to each of the spouses equally. It is common for couples to have a residence, automobiles, retirement accounts,...
Is it time to leave your alcoholic spouse?
“Alcoholism is a disease,” you tell yourself over and over again, but regardless of how often your repeat this mantra, your life with an alcoholic spouse does not get any easier. To make matters worse, you have children together, who witness every alcohol-tinged...