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How to Prepare to Meet with Your Divorce Attorney

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How to Prepare to Meet with Your Divorce Attorney

Retaining a divorce attorney is a critical component of a successful divorce case. However, while the role of your experienced California divorce attorney is to represent your interests throughout your…

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What is a “Precedent”?

When parties present a legal dispute to a judge, the judge considers the evidence each party presents in support of their respective positions. However, the judge also must consider the…

What Can I Do if I Lose My Family Law Case

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What Can I Do if I Lose My Family Law Case?

When you and your California family law attorney go to court for your family law case, you have hopes for the best possible outcome. However, in some cases, you do…

Child Custody What Happens When One Parent Wants to Move Out of State

Family Law

Child Custody: What Happens When One Parent Wants to Move Out of State

Child custody situations where a child’s parents live separately can be tough to navigate. Parents often spend a great deal of time and effort reaching child custody and visitation arrangements…

Which Orders Are Appealable in Family Court

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Which Orders Are Appealable in Family Court?

You’ve worked hard with your California family law attorney to build a strong case in family court for several months. However, the court has still ruled against you. What can…

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5 Things You Need to Know as You Prepare for Mediation in Your Family Law Case

Mediation is a form of alternative dispute resolution that parties often use to resolve their lawsuits. Although courts differ as to how they use mediation in family law cases, it…

The Importance of an Accurate Schedule of Assets and Debts in Your Dissolution

Family Law

Your Dissolution and the Importance of an Accurate Schedule of Assets and Debts

In almost every California dissolution case, both parties must make certain financial disclosures on standardized court forms. One of these forms is the Schedule of Assets and Debts, on which…

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What Are Interrogatories?

Parties in civil lawsuits exchange information through a formal legal process known as “discovery.” The lawyers for each party use different discovery techniques, including interrogatories, to access the evidence that…

Five ThingFive Things to Know About Depositions

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Five Things to Know About Depositions

Depositions play an important role in litigation. Parties to civil cases routinely engage in the discovery process before settling a case or going to trial. Discovery involves the exchange of…

Understanding the Importance of Your Income and Expense Declaration in Your Dissolution

Family Law

Understanding the Importance of Your Income and Expense Declaration in Your Dissolution

Calculating child support and spousal or domestic partner support orders are critical in many dissolution proceedings. Getting an accurate picture of each party’s finances also can affect other areas of…

Civil Litigation Family Law

Understanding Requests for Admissions

Requests for admissions are part of discovery, which is the formal legal term for the process by which parties to a civil lawsuit exchange information before a case goes to…

What Are Writs, and How Do They Work in a Child Custody

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What Are Writs, and How Do They Work in a Child Custody Case?

Whether you are facing a divorce, separation, or other family law case, you must determine child custody and the rights and responsibilities of each parent relative to their children. While…

Family Law

Why Do I Need a Family Law Attorney?

If you’re going through a divorce or a child custody battle, or you’re trying to determine spousal or child support, you might be tempted to work out an arrangement on…

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What Makes a Good Family Law Attorney?

Whether you are going through a divorce, filing for adoption, or fighting for child custody, you need an experienced family law attorney to represent you. When your family’s future is…

Family Law

Did Your Ex Stop Paying Child Support? Learn Your Legal Options

When you share a child with someone and the relationship ends, you need to know that your child’s needs will be covered through child support. While initially, things might be…

Family Law

California Child Custody Terms

If you are facing a divorce, separation, or other family law situation involving your child, it’s important to understand the legal terms used by family courts in California. In general,…

Family Law

Attorney’s Fees and Sanctions in California Family Courts

The California family court system has established a clear goal for all parties involved in family law cases. Parties must have equal access to lawyers who will protect their rights…

Family Law

Should You Become a Guardian for a California Minor?

Sometimes the parents of a minor child simply cannot provide the care and supervision that child deserves. California guardianship laws establish a legal process where someone other than a parent…

Family Law

The Difference Between Same-Sex Marriage and Domestic Partnership in California

In 2013, California domestic laws changed dramatically. After several state and federal rulings and a voter initiative known as Proposition 8 that was later held unconstitutional, same-sex marriages were finally…

Family Law

10 Things To Know About Getting A California Divorce

A California divorce can be a complicated, emotional, and expensive process. Before you file for divorce, here are some important issues you should understand. 1. Filing for Divorce is a…

Family Law

9 Things To Know About California Child Support

When a child is born or resides in California, the law establishes certain rights and responsibilities to protect the child. Regardless of marital status, all children deserve support and protection…

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Co-parenting in the 21st Century – 4 Apps That Help Families Get Along

It is estimated that 40% to 50% of US married couples will divorce. Many of those couples have children together and need to continue co-parenting after they have separated. Luckily,…

Family Law

How to Calculate Property and Debt Division and Retirement Allocations in a Divorce

Dividing property and debts in a California divorce situation can be complicated, stressful, and result in long-lasting implications for each party. Spouses or partners who try to reach a resolution…

Family Law

10 Reasons Why Having a Divorce Attorney is Better Than Representing Yourself

If you are considering a divorce or another family court matter, you may think you don’t need, or can’t afford a family law attorney. Before you attempt to represent yourself…

Family Law

10 Things to Know About Prenuptial Agreements

One of the most common things married people argue about is money. Many people are familiar with prenuptial agreements in the context of the rich and famous. However, prenuptial agreements…

Family Law

Do Grandparents Have Rights in California’s Family Courts?

As family law attorneys we help clients with a variety of family legal issues, not just divorce. For example, sometimes grandparents would like to spend time with their grandchildren, but…

Family Law

6 Hacks for Navigating Life in Two Households

Transitioning into a new environment with a divorced parent is one of the hardest things you can ask your child to do. These 6 hacks will help parents and children…

Family Law

What Happens to Pets in a Divorce?

If you have ever owned a pet, you know that they are a valued member of the family and are more cherished than most possessions. This can be a complex…

Family Law

10 Things Parents Wish Children Knew About Divorce

Divorce is never easy. Dealing with financial concerns, mental and emotional stress, and fear about the future, seems overwhelming at times. In a divorce with children, parents often don’t know…

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Our Approach to the Practice of Law

Together, the two law partners in Evans Kingsbury LLP, have nearly 130 years of combined life experience. Between us, we have raised 9 children to successful adulthood, including one with…

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8 Things Kids Want Parents to Know During Divorce

That it’s okay to tell them the truth. Try to understand your kid’s perspective and tell them the truth when you can. Give them facts, a timeline, and what they…

Family Law

How Do I File For Divorce In Sonoma County?

If you have reached the point where you believe your marriage should end, be assured, you are not alone. Recent statistics show that approximately 45% of first marriages end in…

Family Law

7 Important Documents to Bring to Your Initial Divorce Consultation

Divorce, also known as the dissolution of a marriage, involves the end of a relationship, but many more issues must be resolved at the same time. Your initial consultation with…

Family Law

How to Prepare to Meet with Your Divorce Attorney

What is a “Precedent”?

What Can I Do if I Lose My Family Law Case?

Child Custody: What Happens When One Parent Wants to Move Out of State

Which Orders Are Appealable in Family Court?

5 Things You Need to Know as You Prepare for Mediation in Your Family Law Case

Your Dissolution and the Importance of an Accurate Schedule of Assets and Debts

What Are Interrogatories?

Five Things to Know About Depositions

Understanding the Importance of Your Income and Expense Declaration in Your Dissolution

Understanding Requests for Admissions

What Are Writs, and How Do They Work in a Child Custody Case?

Why Do I Need a Family Law Attorney?

What Makes a Good Family Law Attorney?

Did Your Ex Stop Paying Child Support? Learn Your Legal Options

California Child Custody Terms

Attorney’s Fees and Sanctions in California Family Courts

Should You Become a Guardian for a California Minor?

The Difference Between Same-Sex Marriage and Domestic Partnership in California

10 Things To Know About Getting A California Divorce

9 Things To Know About California Child Support

Co-parenting in the 21st Century – 4 Apps That Help Families Get Along

How to Calculate Property and Debt Division and Retirement Allocations in a Divorce

10 Reasons Why Having a Divorce Attorney is Better Than Representing Yourself

10 Things to Know About Prenuptial Agreements

Do Grandparents Have Rights in California’s Family Courts?

6 Hacks for Navigating Life in Two Households

What Happens to Pets in a Divorce?

10 Things Parents Wish Children Knew About Divorce

Our Approach to the Practice of Law

8 Things Kids Want Parents to Know During Divorce

How Do I File For Divorce In Sonoma County?

7 Important Documents to Bring to Your Initial Divorce Consultation

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