Divorce

Divorce California.

California Divorce lays about the same for each county in California.  You must live there for at least six months before you are even able to file for divorce, along with living in the county for the same period of time, so picking up and moving before you file for divorce, you will be waiting another six months.  This goes for all counties in California, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento etc…  A divorce in California is referred to as dissolution of marriage. If you have lived in California and its county for at least 6 months, then either spouse can get a divorce just by stating that there are irreconcilable differences in the marriage and that it can no long continue, there is no repair possible and results in a divorce.  If there was extreme abuse or cruelty these are different charges and a separate lawsuit can be brought up in the divorce.  In other states you see other grounds for divorce such as adultery, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, etc... In California these are placed under irreconcilable, they have caused a breakdown of the marriage itself and results in the couples divorce.  So the simplicity for divorce in California comes if the spouses are in agreement of everything in the divorce, including the divorce itself. Debt division, property division, child custody and child support, then the divorce can be finalized without a trail.  In California if there is an agreement between the 2 spouses then there is what’s called a stipulation, which means that both agree that the marriage can be ended. In California the divorce process begins when one spouse files for the petition for dissolution of marriage *divorce* and then the other spouse is served with the divorce papers.  The spouse is given a responsible amount of time to respond to the divorce papers.  As discussed in the 2nd paragraph, for the stipulation if everyone is in agreement then the divorce is finalized.  If there is any disagreement about the divorce along with debt division, property division, child custody, or child support then a trial is set for the divorce.  It can take sometimes up to a couple months before the divorce goes to trial, you can either seek counseling during this time to help come to an agreement before the trial or simply to help both of you move on.  Counseling is ever so important if children are involved I have said this a billion times over.  During the time waiting for the trial for the divorce, you can request for temporary assistance with the debt and child support orders, to whom pays what during this time. Remember that this will most likely change after the trial for divorce takes place.

 

Posted: Feb 25 2008, 06:41 AM by Divorce | with no comments |
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