Practice Areas
- Bankruptcy
- Family Law
- Divorce
- Paternity
- Adoption
- Child Custody & Visitation
- Child Support
- Spousal Support & Alimony
- Juvenile Dependency
- Domestic Violence
- Division of Property
- Grandparent Visitation & Custody
- General Family Law Articles & FAQs
- What Should you Look for in a Family Law Attorney?
- How is Confidentiality Handled by Attorneys?
- What are the Steps Necessary for Completing a Divorce?
- Must Divorce be Filed in the State Where you were Married?
- What are the Residency Requirements for a Divorce in California?
- Must there be Grounds for Divorce?
- Is Spousal Support Required?
- How is Child Custody Determined?
- A San Jose Family Law Attorney Discusses How is Child Support Determined?
- What is the Formula for Calculating Child Support in California?
- Is There a Waiting Period After you File for Divorce?
- How is the Date of Separation Determined and why is it Important?
- How does Joint Custody Work?
- How does Child Support Work in Cases of Joint Physical Custody?
- Can I Relocate and Maintain my Child Custody?
- Are you Responsible for Debt Your Spouse Takes on After Separation but Before Entry of Judgment of Dissolution or Legal Separation?
- What can High Net Worth Individuals do in a Divorce to Protect Their Assets?
- What Happens if Child Support Payments are not Made?
- Are Courts Biased Against Fathers in Custody Decisions?
- Can a Divorcing Spouse Remove a Child to a Different State to Seek More “Favorable” Laws?
- How does Supervised Visitation Work?
- Can Child Support Payments be Changed After a Divorce is Final?
- What Happens to Assets Like a Pension Plan or Business During a Divorce?
- How does Divorce Affect Taxes?
- How does the State Disbursement Unit (SDU) Affect Child Support?
- Must Child Support be Paid Even if you Have no Income?
- Can you be Reimbursed for Child Support Payments if you Discover it is not Your Child?
- Can Overdue Child Support be Cancelled if Paternity if you Discover it is not Your Child?
- Can Depreciation be Deducted from Rental Income in Calculating Child Support Payments?
- What can you do to Enforce a Judgment for Support?
- Can Child Support Modifications be Made Retroactive?
- How does Inheritance Affect Child Support Payments?
- How is Child Support Affected by a Parent with Extraordinarily High Income?
- How does Domestic Violence Affect Child Custody Awards?
- Can you Lower Support Payments if you Make a Career Change Resulting in a Lower Income?
- Can a Support Proceeding Force you to get a job?
- Is Permission Needed from Both Divorced or Separated Parents for the child to get a Drivers License?
- How does the Court Calculate Speculative Assets?
- How does Adultery Affect Divorce?
- Will the Judge Make Sure my Settlement is Fair?
- How do Emotions Affect Divorce Outcomes?
- How can I Limit the Costs of my Divorce?
- Who Pays Attorney’s Fees in a Divorce?
- What Should you do if Your Former Spouse is Mishandling Assets you own Together?
- How does Divorce Affect Estate Planning and Wills?
- What Assets Should be Disclosed During Divorce and what are the Consequences for Non-disclosure?
- Will you get Your “Day in Court?”
- How can you tell What Property is Community Property and Which is Separate Property?
- Can a Divorce Petition be Simply Ignored?
- What Happens if the Family Home is in Only one Spouse’s Name?
- Are you Aware that a Divorce Petition Creates an Automatic Temporary Restraining Order (ATRO)?
- Can the Child Testify in a Divorce?
- Can my Child Have an Attorney in my Divorce?
- How many Years Must you Live Together to Have a Common Law Marriage?
- How does the Statute of Limitations Work in Domestic Violence Cases?
- May a Non-Parent Receive Visitation Rights From the Court?
- Is Splitting Custody with one Parent Getting Each Child Favored by the Court?
- If your Former Spouse Begins Cohabitating with Another, is it Grounds to Reduce Spousal Support?
- How does Child Custody work for Unwed Parents?
- How does Child Support work in Cases with Unwed Parents?
- How can Sagaria Law help you Handle Issues of Paternity?
- What are the Advantages of Legal Separation?
- What is the Difference Between Legal Separation and Divorce?
- What are the Benefits of a Pre-Marital or Pre-Nuptial Agreement?
- What Makes a Valid Pre-Nuptial or Pre-Marital Agreement?
- What is a Post-Nuptial Agreement?
- What are Some Reasons Pre-Marital or Post-Marital Agreements are not Enforced?
- What are the Limits of Getting an Annulment on the Basis of Fraud?
- What Services Does Sagaria Law Offer to Same-Sex Relationships?
- How does the Dissolution of a Domestic Partnership Work?
- How do Same Sex Partners Protect Their Parenting Rights in the case of Divorce?
- What Rights do Domestic Partners have Under the Law?
- Who is Eligible to Establish a Domestic Partnership Under California Law?
- What is Juvenile Dependency?
- What is Step-Parent Adoption and how Does it Work?
- Trusts & Estates
