Family Law Mediation

Consider family law mediation. Here are some questions: Can couples get divorced differently? Yes, of course! How do you want your divorce to be? Would you rather a third party make decisions for you? Does divorce have to be an all out battle? Divorce does not have to be a war. With mediation, maybe there […]

Family law mediation is an option to be considered for many divorcing couples. Certainly couples could try to handle it themselves or litigate the case in court. Mediation, however, provides a chance to speak about the issues and to try to settle each piece of the case to get an overall resolution. James Moore is

Dividing retirement accounts for a divorce is incredibly important. Retirement accounts and pensions are property subject to division. There are two main ways to proceed. First, settle that the person gets to keep their retirement account. Settling a case allows people to do things that a court would not order and parties can trade things.

Spousal support taxability is important. The huge change to tax law passed under the President Donald Trump administration in late 2017 had many huge impacts, one of which was for the taxability of spousal support. (The IRS and some other states call it “alimony” but in California we call it “spousal support.) It is important