If you are considering divorce, one of the options that you have available to you is mediation. If you believe that you can have a more amicable divorce, and one in which both spouses will take the opportunity to find mutual agreements for difficult and challenging topics such as child custody, child visitation, or division of property, you should consider divorce mediation. If you are considering divorce mediation, understanding the process and how to prepare can help ensure that you feel comfortable with the process and that your legal rights are protected. Who Participates in Divorce Mediation Divorce mediation in the State of California will include you, your spouse, a neutral party called a mediator and each spouse’s attorney,

If you are in the process of a divorce, your spouse may be emotionally volatile, especially if they think you are to blame for the divorce or want to remain together. In many cases, one spouse will make the divorce process challenging for the other by refusing to cooperate or compromise on such issues as child custody, child support or the division of property. However, in other more severe cases, your spouse may cause you severe emotional abuse during the divorce that causes you emotional distress and mental anguish. No one has the right to emotionally abuse any other person in any circumstance. If you have been emotionally abused during your divorce, you have legal rights including filing a

The holidays have past and you’ve decided this is the time to file for dissolution of marriage from your spouse. There are several important tips and ideas that you should consider and incorporate in your march towards dissolving your marriage to make the process more cost effective and efficient. The Divorce Process First, work on a plan for custody and visitation regarding your children, assuming that there are minor children of this marriage. A well considered and thought out parenting plan for your children will hopefully minimize the stress and grief that your children may suffer as a result of the decision that you have made to dissolve your marriage. Take into account the level of access and interaction

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Fresh from what one online entertainment news site called the “summer of heartbreak” involving celebrity breakups, divorce remains an almost daily news item. After all, when one cheating spouse forces the other to make the gut-wrenching decision to file for dissolution, when minor children are affected, and when the pain of broken trust is insurmountable, you want to rely on a judge to mete out deserved punishment. And while that makes sense psychologically speaking, divorce courts don’t operate that way. In California, for example, one spouse’s affair has an almost negligible impact on the divorce proceeding. Any party in a marriage can file for dissolution of marriage for any reason -- or for no reason. The fact that one party