THE CALIFORNIA DIVORCE COURSE
CONTENTS
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PART ONE - INFORMATION ON THE CALIFORNIA DIVORCE LAWS
General Information on
the California Divorce
Property Issues in the
California Divorce
Alimony
Issues About Children -
Custody, Support, and Visitation
Part Two - Getting Your Divorce
Choosing Your Divorce Package:
Summary Dissolution, Regular Divorce With No Children, or Divorce With
Children
The Summary Dissolution
The Regular Divorce With
No Children
The Divorce With Children
How to Use the Marital Settlement
Agreement
How to Use Substituted Service When
Your Spouse is Evading Service
Publication: How to Get Your
Divorce When You've Lost Your Spouse
What To Do If Your Spouse Files a
Response
What To Do If You Have a Hearing
Things to Do After the Divorce
General
Information on the
California Divorce
General Information FAQ's
What's a
No-Fault Divorce?
Can I Do My Own Divorce?
What Are the Residency
Requirements in California?
Do I Need a Lawyer?
Can I Just Get an Annulment, Instead
of a Divorce?
My Spouse Doesn't Live In California.
Can I Still Get the Divorce?
What Are the Issues in a California
Divorce?
Can I Get a Legal Separation Instead
of a Divorce?
What Are the Filing Fees?
What If I Can't Afford to Pay
the Filing Fees?
Do I Have to Go to Court to Get
My Divorce?
I Qualify for a Summary Dissolution.
Should I Get One?
I Don't Qualify for a Summary
Dissolution. How Do I Get My Divorce?
Why Do I Have to Prove That My
Spouse Knows About the Divorce?
So How Do I Prove That My Spouse
Knows?
What If My Spouse Won't Sign
the Papers?
If I have the Papers Served,
Does That Mean My Case Is Contested?
How Do I Get the Papers Served
On My Spouse?
My Spouse is in the Military
and He/She's Stationed Overseas. Can I Still Get the Divorce?
Can I Get Alimony?
Can I Change My Name As Part
of the Divorce?
Can I Make My Wife Change Her
Name When We Get the Divorce?
Can My Spouse Force Me to Go
to Counseling?
What's This "Mediation"
Stuff All About?
How Long Does It Take to Get
a Divorce?
What's a Petitioner and a Respondent?
Can I Date Other People While
I'm Waiting for the Divorce?
What's a Family Law Facilitator?
General Information on the California Divorce - A
Closer Look
California
Dissolution - The Time Frame
Cooperate and Graduate
Starting
the Process
- The Date of Separation
The Petition for
Dissolution - Some Things to Consider
Restraining
Orders
Proving
That Your
Spouse Knows About the Divorce
The
Financial
Disclosures
Default
The Final Judgment
Property Issues in the California Divorce
Property FAQ's
What are the
property
laws in the State of California?
Do we have to
divide
our property 50/50?
What about our debts?
Am I responsible for debts my
spouse incurred before we were married?
If my wife (husband)
gets the car, does she (he) have to pay for it?
What if my spouse ran up
a lot of debts and I didn't?
I helped my spouse pay his/her child
support from a previous marriage. Can I get any of that back?
My spouse got hacked off
and destroyed a bunch of my personal effects. Is there anything
I can do about it?
My spouse threw me out of
the house and my stuff's still in there. Is there anything
I can do about it?
My spouse took off with my
car. Is there anything I can do about that?
What's "quasi.community
property?"
We bought a house after we
got married. What do we do about that?
My spouse says he/she wants half
of the profits from the sale of the house. Should I agree
to it?
My spouse wants to live in the
house while we wait for it to sell. Is that a good idea?
I owned the house before
we got married. Does my spouse have any right to it?
My spouse owned the house before we got
married,
but I've put a
lot of money into it. Do I have any rights there?
Am I responsible for my
spouses' student loans?
Can my spouse get
my military retirement benefits?
Can my spouse get my civilian retirement
benefits?
A CLOSER LOOK AT PROPERTY ISSUES
Community Property
Separate
Property
Quasi-Community
Property
Mingling
Community
and Separate Property
Community to
Separate
and Back Again - The Property Switcheroo
Joint Tenancy
Versus
Tenancy in Common
Houses - The
BIG Property Issue
Debts
Retirement
Alimony in the California Divorce
Alimony FAQ's
Does California award alimony?
My spouse and I have only been married a short
while. Am I going to have to pay alimony?
What are some of the factors that a judge will look
at in awarding alimony?
What about a case where no one's done anything wrong
- where the two people have just fallen out of love?
Can a man get alimony, too?
Will the judge order alimony if neither one of us
wants it?
What if the husband and wife are both making a good
living? Will the judge still order alimony?
What are the tax implications of alimony?
Do I have to pay the alimony in cash, or can I
substitute something for a straight payment?
Does alimony ever end before the court ordered
period?
If I'm ordered to pay alimony will my wages be
garnished?
How do we figure out what the alimony should be in
dollars and cents?
What if I don't want alimony to begin with, but I
find out I need it later?
Can I stay on my spouse's health insurance as
part of the alimony?
What if I find out that I can't afford to pay that
amount of alimony in the future?
If my spouse starts living with someone else after
the divorce, does the spousal support go on?
What does spousal abuse have to do with alimony?
A CLOSER LOOK AT ALIMONY
Spousal
support before and after the divorce.
The time
factor in California alimony.
The maritial
settlement agreement versus the judge deciding.
Issues About Children - Custody, Support, and
Visitation
Children FAQ's
What are the issues about children
in a California divorce?
My spouse and kids have never lived in
California. Can I still
get a
divorce?
How do we decide who gets custody?
Can a man get custody if his
wife agrees to it?
What about joint-custody?
Can
the kids decide who they want to live with?
My
spouse won't let me see the kids until after the divorce. What
can I do?
What's this stuff about being ordered to
take classes for the kids?
What should I expect in child-support?
I'm getting custody and I have no idea how
much my spouse is
making. How
much should I ask for?
How
long does the child-support go on?
Why do I have to pay through the Court
system instead of just writing
my ex a
check?
What if I'm already paying child-support
from a previous marriage?
What if my spouse and I agree on an amount
for child-support that's
different
from the guidelines?
Do I have to pay health insurance for the
kids?
I'm in the military. What do I do
about the health insurance?
Is my pay-check going to be garnished?
If I'm paying all of this child-support, do I get the
tax-deduction for
the
kids?
If my ex-spouse gets remarried, does my child-support
go down?
Suppose I'm not making this much
money in the future and I can't afford
this
amount of support?
What
if she/he won't let me see the kids after the divorce. Do I still
have to
pay the child-support?
What kind of visitation can I expect?
Do we have to follow the schedule of
visitations?
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ISSUES ABOUT
CHILDREN
Jurisdiction
Custody
The
Different Types of Custody
Pure Joint Custody
How
the System Deals With Child Support
Looking at the Child Support Guidelines
Getting the Child Support Print Out
More About Visitation
Supervised
Visitation, No Visitation, Counselors and Mediators
PART TWO - GETTING YOUR DIVORCE
Choosing Your Divorce Package - Summary
Dissolution, Regular Divorce With No Children, or Divorce With Children
Involved.
The Summary Dissolution
Step
One - Reading the Booklet
Step Two - Getting All of the Paperwork Together
A - Filling Out the Joint Petition for Summary
Dissolution
B - Filling Out the Work Sheets
C - Filling Out the Property Settlement Agreement
D - Filling Out the Income and Expense Declaration
E- Getting the Petition and the Property Settlement
Agreement Signed
F- Beware the Local Rules
G - Filling Out the Local Forms
Step Three - Filing
Your Paperwork
Final Step -
Getting Your Judgment
The Regular Divorce With No Children
Step One - Getting Started -
Filling Out the Initial Forms
Assembling Your Paperwork for Filing
Dealing With the Court Clerks and Local Rules
Step Two - Proving that Your
Spouse Has Been Notified
Having Your Spouse Served - Filling Out the Paper Work
Hiring a Process Server or a Deputy Sheriff
Checking on the Service
Using the Appearance, Stipulations and Waivers as an Alternative
Step Three - Exchanging the Financial
Disclosures
Filling Out the Disclosures
Serving the Disclosures
What to Do If Your Spouse Won't Send Back the Disclosures
Step Four - Entering Default -
Filling Out the Forms and Filing Them
Last Step - Getting Your Judgment
The Divorce With Children
Step
One - Getting Started -
Filling Out the Initial Forms
Assembling Your Paperwork for Filing
Dealing With the Court Clerks and Local Rules
Step Two - Proving that Your
Spouse Has Been Notified
Having Your Spouse Served - Filling Out the Paper Work
Hiring a Process Server or a Deputy Sheriff
Checking on the Service
Using the Appearance, Stipulations and Waivers as an Alternative
Step Three - Exchanging the Financial
Disclosures
Filling Out the Disclosures
Serving the Disclosures
What to Do If Your Spouse Won't Send Back the Disclosures
Step Four - Entering Default -
Filling Out the Forms and Filing Them
Last Step - Getting Your Judgment
How to Use the Marital Settlement Agreement
Using Substituted Service When Your Spouse is Evading Service
Publication - How to Get the Divorce When You've Lost Your Spouse
What to Do If Your Spouse Files a Response
Things to Do After the Divorce
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