In re the Marriage of Baragry – 73 Cal. App. 3d 444 (Cal. Ct. App. 1977) The wife appealed a portion of the interlocutory judgment of dissolution, which fixed the date of the separate as 8/4/71, the date the husband moved from the … Read More
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Automatic Temporary Restraining Orders in California
Automatic Temporary Restraining Orders (ATRO’s) in California are printed on the back of the summons and effective as to both parties when filed. They prohibit disposal of property by any methodology, except for living expenses, which you would have to prove … Read More
Attorney Fees in California
Attorney Fees in CA, or “How Much Will This Cost”? The California Family Code directs trial courts to award attorney fees in a number of family law settings, including marital dissolutions, legal separations, support applications, domestic violence proceedings, paternity actions, … Read More
Business Formation Services
Starting a successful business isn’t easy. You can’t just stop-drop-and open-up-shop alone. But there’s an “App” for that! It makes sense to have the business advisors at Morinelli & Lieberman Law Group behind you helping you with funding, financial forecasts, … Read More
Child Custody & Modifications
My ex took the kids and won’t let me see them. How do I get custody? Child Custody and Modifications of Child Custody: Child custody still usually goes to the mother at the onset, unless the father is stay-at-home and … Read More
Will I have to pay child support?
Child support is usually paid by the partner with the larger income, and based on the custody-time split the parties have. Determining child support is done with the use of special legal software that calculates support by a formula agreed … Read More
Legal Separation in California
The legal status of living apart while remaining legally married. Parties who legally separate may petition for property division and support rights, and in all ways end their marital relationship while retaining the status, usually for religious reasons or to … Read More
What Are Spousal Fiduciary Duties in California?
Spouses own one another important statutory duties in financial and property transactions with third parties, which create huge responsibilities and pitfalls. Husband and Wife are themselves subject to general rules government fiduciary relationshi8ps which control their actions. “This confidential relationship … Read More
Can I get Spousal Support?
ALIMONY comes from the Latin word “alimonia” meaning a stipend of means of sustenance. Alimony is called “Spousal Support” in California, a nod to the higher number of working women who have larger incomes than their husbands. Most states now … Read More
What is community property?
For some reason, people rarely understand what “community property” really means: that all property and assets acquired and debt occurred between the Date of Marriage (DOM) and the Date of Separation (DOS – Physical Separation) is presumed under the law … Read More