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Do I Need a Health Care Directive?

No one likes to consider their end-of-life care or what they would do when confronted with critical illness or injury. However, planning ahead and creating a health care directive for these situations can save you and your loved ones...

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alimony

How is Alimony Calculated in California?

The divorce process is more streamlined in California than it is in most other states, with numerical guidelines instead...
negligent homicide, involuntary manslaughter

Is Involuntary Manslaughter the Same Thing as Negligent Homicide?

“Homicide” is the legal term for killing a person. Murder is a type of homicide, but not all homicide...
blue sky laws

Who is Exempt From Blue Sky Laws?

In principle, everyone knows to take the claims in advertisements with a grain of salt. When the advertisements are...
difference between legal and physical custody

What is the Difference Between Legal and Physical Custody in California?

On the surface, divorce appears more straightforward in California than in most other states. California is one of just...

What Makes a Parent Unfit in California?

Former spouses say and think all kinds of terrible things about each other’s parenting choices during and after divorce....

How Long is the Deportation Process in California?

“Deportation” is a scary word, especially if it appears on a letter from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the...

What are the Most Common Frauds in Small Business?

Some people will tell you that, in order to succeed in business, you need to bend the truth and...

What is the Difference Between Writing a Will and Estate Planning?

When people or news articles tell you that you should write a will or build an estate plan, your...

What Do Judges Look for in Child Custody Cases in California?

Parents going through a divorce often experience a unique kind of emotional turmoil. They want to model emotional stability...

Most Common Estate Planning Mistakes

If you have children or own any assets of value, you need an estate plan. It does not matter...

Can the Mother Keep the Child Away From the Father in California?

Co-parenting after divorce can be stressful, even if you and your ex-spouse were able to agree to a parenting...

What is the Most Common Path for Citizenship in the U.S.?

The easiest way to become a United States citizen is to be born in the United States. The Fourteenth...

What Happens to Partnership Assets on Dissolution?

Most legal cases do not have much entertainment value; only lawyers and law students would be interested in reading...

Why Estate Planning is Important for Your Children During a Divorce

You may have heard people say that after their divorce, they made major changes in their lives, since they...

Do You Need a Lawyer for a Loan Modification in California?

There are situations in which it may be in your best interest to modify the terms of the mortgage...
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