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What to Do Before You File
For many families, summer is the beginning of new adventures. However, the summer break is also a preferred time to initiate divorce or other family law proceedings as parents can begin the process with a lesser impact on educational or afterschool schedules for their children. When...
Personal Prevention Plan for Alzheimer’s Disease
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What is Living Separate Verses Apart?
The Date of Separation in a dissolution of marriage action can have a financial impact on the parties. The Family Code states that the “earnings and accumulations of a spouse and the minor children living with, or in the custody of the spouse, while living separate and apart from the other...
The New Tax Law Means it is Now Time to Review Your Estate Plan
The tax law signed in 2017 doubled the federal estate tax exemption, meaning the vast majority of estates will not have to pay federal estate tax. It does not mean you should ignore its impact on your estate plan. The law doubled the federal estate tax exemption to $11.18 million for...
Three Ways Divorce Affects Your Credit You can recover from a broken heart and broken finances.
Divorce can be one of the most traumatic life events a person can experience. Legal fees, asset division, child support and alimony can ruin otherwise healthy finances. 1. Your Ex Stops Paying for Joint Accounts Many spouses jointly share credit accounts, like a mortgage or credit cards. In...
Why You Need an Attorney
Getting married is easy. Get a marriage license. Have a ceremony. Even a ceremony conducted by an Elvis impersonator at a Las Vegas wedding chapel at two o’clock in the morning will do. You’re married. Just like that. Getting divorced... not so easy. What may look like a simple divorce can...
Celebrate National Stay Out of The Sun Day
Summertime can be a delightful season for seniors. While the hot weather and sun tends to entice us to retreat outdoors and to be more active, it can create discomfort for seniors. Seniors are more susceptible to dehydration and heat exhaustion and extremely hot weather may make an otherwise...
Santa Clarita Estate Planning The End of an Era, and Continuity
Santa Clarita Estate Planning Attorney Jerry Kessler closed his law offices in December of 2018, after 52 years in practice. On March 1, 1991, after practicing in Hollywood for over 24 years, Jerry opened Angeles Law Center, first in the City Hall Building in Valencia and later in Newhall....
The Patty Smythe Stink Eye
This is my first “new article” since the “Tahiti” one. I apologize for that. The 80’s in retrospect, was an incredible time. Especially for music. One of my favorite female singers, Scandel’s Patty Smythe (I am The Warrior), not to be confused with Patty Smith (Springsteen’s Because the...
You Grow Old Because You Stop Playing
There’s a saying that goes: “You don’t stop playing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop playing.” How often have you heard a friend, colleague, or family member respond with, “I can’t do that, I’m too old!” Now, very important, before I continue, I want to be clear that before...
The Impact Domestic Violence Has on Your Family Law substantial impact on one’s family law case.
For example, there is a rebuttable presumption that a spouse convicted of an act of domestic violence within five years prior to the filing of the dissolution proceeding, or at any time thereafter cannot be awarded spousal support. Family Code § 4325(a). However, the convicted spouse can rebut...
Music Superstar Prince Teaches Us Lessons in Estate Planning
Music Superstar Prince died three years ago of an accidental opioid overdose in Minneapolis. He was 57 years old. His untimely death teaches many tragic lessons, including the need for proper estate planning – regardless of the size of your estate. Prince did not leave estate planning...
Why leveraging an IRA can help you Save Smarter for Retirement
Are you confident you have enough saved for retirement? And do you feel like your money choices reflect your faith, heart and habits? These are challenging questions that may require you to explore your decisions and figure out what, for you and your loved ones, is ultimately enough. For many,...
Child Support in California Challenging the Guideline
Simply stated, payment of child support is meant to ensure the financial needs of children are being met by each of their parents. If you are wondering how to oppose a request for child support in California, it’s important to recognize this topic is about more than just money. Many parents...
It’s the Principle!
How much is principle worth to you? At one point or another, couples going through a divorce or separation will find themselves arguing an issue over the principle of a situation. Sometimes the issue itself is not the problem, but how a person feels about the way the other party is handling an...
Be on the Lookout for New Medicare Cards
The federal government is issuing new Medicare cards to all Medicare beneficiaries. To prevent fraud and fight identity theft, the new cards will no longer have beneficiaries’ Social Security numbers on them. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that oversees...
Alzheimer’s Awareness… The Longest Day
In the United States, more than five million people are afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease. Because of this, the Alzheimer’s Association holds multiple fundraising opportunities each year, which help support Alzheimer’s research, care, advocacy and awareness efforts. June 21, 2019, the...
The Kiss of Death in Family Law Cases
Everyone has the right to appeal. Keep in mind that about 98 percent of all cases settle at some point. A small percentage of cases do go to trial, and a percentage of those cases will be appealed. Family law cases are different from civil appeals because in family law trials, there is no...
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