- No Fault Uncontested Divorce Forms
- Marital Settlement Agreement

Each state has their own set of rules for divorce. Some states are easier than others and some divide of children and property completely different. Read cautiously on the internet about divorce advice because what happens in one state does not always happen in the other.

Here are the basics of what to expect in California.

• Any spouse may file a petition at a local courthouse, it does not have to be mutual
• The petition is then served to your spouse, and they have 30 days to respond
• If your spouse does not respond then you file a judgment claiming whatever you want
• If your spouse responds then you start a discovery of assets
• At this point ether spouse can file an order to show cause and make temporary orders for child custody, visitation, support, attorney fees and other items
• If both of you can agree on a settlement of all assets, custody and support then a Marital Settlement Agreement is filed and 6 months later your done!
• If you cannot agree on all or some assets, custody or support then your case goes to trial. You and your spouse prepare evidence against each other and later plead your case to the judge who makes the final judgment of anything you cannot agree on.

That is a divorce in a nutshell, however the actual process of going through the divorce seems to take forever and it comes with a lot of heartache, stress and emotions. Especially when you don’t agree on child custody.

Here Is What You Didn’t Expect

• Getting locked out of your home
• Closing The Bank Accounts
• Cancelling the Credit Cards
• Hiding The Cars
• Hiding Money and Assets
• Alienating Your Children
• Moving Away
• Calling You Names
• Insane Fights About Nothing
• Excessive Lawyer Bills
• Evaluations You Didn’t Even Knew Existed
• Drug Evaluations
• Home Evaluations
• Your Past Coming To Haunt You

My point is that divorce is simple but our spouses make the divorce process crazy and insane. Divorce comes with a lot of heartache and pain just to go your separate ways. If you are prepared you could lose lots including your home, finances, credit and even your children.

Be Prepared For Divorce In California

That means make sure you have proper representation to ensure you are not taken advantage of from the start. If you want the upper hand make sure your lawyer is calling the shots, forcing your spouse to jump through hoops to fight for what he wants. There are many dirty tactics you can play and your spouse can play. You must be prepared legally to fight for your rights and your belonging

Educate Yourself About Divorce In California

Here is a little secret that most people going through a divorce learn the hard way. Lawyers only represent you. They do not brainstorm and mastermind how to get you everything you want and how to make your spouse’s life miserable in the process, unless you have the cash to back it up. You have to do that on your own, which means you need to learn some basic divorce strategies. Have your lawyer implement what you learn and what you want to accomplish and never wait on the sideline for you lawyer to come around and fight for you. If it were up to them, they just want you to fork over $5k and sign on the dotted line. Defend yourself, get really good representation, and educate yourself on divorce can and cannot do’s.

First thing first is to get a free consultation with an attorney familiar with divorce and child custody in your court district. Visit My Divorce Help

Get a free no cost obligation of your legal rights to divorce and custody. The free consultation will let you know yours and his legal rights to divorce and child custody. They will also let you know how to protect yourself and how much its going to cost. Just remember the first one to act will get the upper hand. Do not wait for him to get a lawyer first.

Secondly I highly recommend an online reference guide called Divorce Strategies and Tactics For Women. Its only $27 and its going to answer a lot of questions that you have about divorce.

Last but absolutely not least, if you have a child and you think there is even a slight chance of a custody battle get this guide on How to Win Child Custody. Child custody is a completely separate issue and battle from divorce and usually 90% of the expenses and heart ache. Use these strategies to get the upper hand from day one. I will tell you from experience, women do not always get primary custody, because the courts these days want the parents to have equal parenting. Do not wait until things start to go wrong to get this information that you should be doing even before you start the divorce process.

You can get both of these by visiting My Divorce Guides
I wish you all the best of luck
~ Janice Rubin

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