Divorce Attorney honored again. San Diego family law attorney Andy Cook is pleased to announce that he has made the list of top family law lawyers in the 2023 San Diego Super Lawyers Magazine. This is the fourth consecutive year the Divorce Attorney honored, Divorce Lawer Andy Cook, has been honored in this way. Two weeks…
How to Calculate income in California Divorce Cases How do you figure out what someone earns? In California family law cases, this is information that is absolutely necessary to calculate guideline child support and guideline spousal support. In most cases, it is sufficient to just look at the person’s pay the past 12 months, but…
Woman Accuses California Man of Rape and Other Misconduct But Loses Bid for Domestic Violence Restraining Order Although, as I said several blogs ago, there seems to be a trend in California towards affirming judges who grant restraining orders and reversing those who deny them, the California Court of Appeal just affirmed a trial judge…
Why It’s Important to Battle Child Custody in the Right State In order to change a custody and visitation order, a California family law judge must have subject matter jurisdiction over the children involved. Otherwise, whatever orders are made will be null and void. That was the verdict from the California Court of Appeal in…
California Wife Thought Property Was Hers; Court Thought Differently Most California family law attorneys will tell you that in the Golden State, property acquired during marriage by one of the spouses while the parties are living in California, is considered community property. Assuming that this is true (and mostly it is), there is a way…
The San Fernando Valley Bar Association devoted the May edition of its Valley Lawyer magazine to family law matters. A couple of interesting articles highlighted some important and related issues to watch out for in a high-conflict divorce: the reluctance of children to participate in visitation with the non-custodial parent; and the situation where the…
