separation

So you’re getting a divorce.  As you are planning your exit strategy, the first thing your friends and family will tell you to do is to get a lawyer.  Of course, they tell you that because they care for you and want to protect you, but is that necessarily the best course of action? If […]

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Gamesmanship

  The Family Code provides that the court has the discretion to order one party to pay the other party’s attorney’s fees in a contested divorce proceeding to ensure that each party has access to adequate representation.  However, attorney’s fees can also be awarded to sanction a party pursuant to sections 271 and 2107, subdivision (c).  […]