With Your Family in Mind

If you are making the choice to sever your marriage in 2020, here are some resolutions to add to your list.Line up your priorities. Is it finding a home? Is it financial? Getting a job? Managing a special-needs child in the face of divorce? Jot down your most important priorities down to the...

  Here we go again. We’re standing at a threshold of yet another new year.Is this year going to be different from all the other years? The answer is in your hands. Only you can change your world.“Shana”, the Hebrew word for year, comes from the same root word as change. Change is an...

Exercise is a vital part of well-being and a key to living a long and healthy life. It’s an essential part of maintaining our overall health, helping us to have higher energy and a healthy bone mass and body weight; it can even help manage chronic conditions such as diabetes and high blood...

Divorce mediation is becoming a more and more popular method when married couples seek a divorce from one another. More and more couples are realizing that hiring expensive attorneys and fighting with one another for months and/or years is not necessarily the best route to take when seeking a...

My kids and I were sitting around a week or so ago and one of them proposed that we play a game. The game is each person asks a question to everyone else in the room and the person asking the question has to answer it also. It was just the three of us. My oldest asked what is a quality that you...

  Our quality of life is rapidly changing. We invest millions of dollars in vitamins, health club memberships, and anti-aging products. However, statistics show that we are living longer, but not healthier. Dementia and other chronic illnesses are now commonplace in our population, despite...

It’s been a few months since the announcement, but I’d like to thank all who voted Comfort Keepers In-Home Care as “Best of” for Senior Care in Santa Clarita for the 9th time. We have been serving Santa Clarita for nearly 19 years now, and take pride in the ability to give seniors the...

For decades, most judges, lawyers, and law enforcement officers defined domestic violence as either actual physical violence or a provable threat of physical violence. Today, that definition is woefully inadequate.California courts now recognize that domestic violence does not require physical...

Believe it or not, the holidays are here, and we are all faced with the challenge of finding the “perfect gift” for our parents and grandparents. As we wander the malls, we all stop and wonder, what are our options besides ties, slippers and gift certificates? Be assured that there are some...

 Not only do the public and my clients ask me this question, but sometimes estate planners ask me this question! So why the confusion? Well, for starters, both terms, “elder law” and “estate planning” are misnomers. Estate planners are not advising people on how to become rich. Similarly, elder...

For those of you who follow my monthly columns, you know that most of my topics are related to Family Law practice and procedure. This month however, the topic is one which transcends Family Law practice. Legal papers submitted to the court are (and should be drafted by attorneys). In civil...

 The discussion of senior care with aging parents and close relatives is a difficult conversation to have. It can be uncomfortable for all parties involved, but it is necessary to ensure the well-being of a loved one as they grow older. There are a host of factors to consider when beginning...

 I’m sure the first thing you think after putting your Halloween decorations away is, “What are the family’s plans for the holidays”? This becomes a bit more complicated when you’re a blended family or are in the process of divorce or a new custody issue. For those families, it’s best to have a...

Clients are often surprised at the many types of trusts available. The following is a short reference for those thinking about “getting their affairs in order.” Revocable Trust: This is the most common type of trust. The “settlors” (owners) create a legal contract (trust), stating their wishes....

 Consider hiring an experienced family law attorney to help you with your divorce mediation: Hiring an experienced family law attorney as your mediator is important, as the attorney can offer to the parties his in-court experiences and relate them to their set of facts. An experienced divorce...