A partition action is a lawsuit that allows co-owners of real property to force a sale or physical d...

California courts can and frequently do order a spouse to maintain life insurance naming the other s...

A lis pendens is a public notice recorded against real property that alerts potential buyers, lender...

Yes, you can file taxes jointly during a divorce as long as you are still legally married on Decembe...

Credit card debt incurred during marriage in California is generally community debt and must be divi...

Quasi-community property is property that a married couple acquired while living in another state th...

Yes, you can restore your former name as part of your California divorce judgment under Family Code ...

Palimony is financial support that one unmarried partner may be ordered to pay the other after their...

A putative spouse in California is a person who genuinely believes they are legally married to anoth...