It is becoming increasingly common for at least one member of a married couple to carry a heavy student loan debt. The price of a college education has soared in recent years. As more people go back to school to obtain college or graduate degrees, or additional training, they have…
Many San Diego clients come from marriages where one spouse was the primary wage earner, while the other stayed home to raise the children. The stay-at-home spouse now worries that the divorce will leave him or her without long-term security. Even though in California, spousal income is community property and…
Many San Diego clients make the decision to divorce after decades of marriage. This means not only a painful separation after years of their lives being intertwined, but also facing a thicket of different property laws. First and foremost are California’s current community property laws, which get more complicated if…
A San Diego client recently asked me if the court could seize control of the parties community property business, which was started during marriage and is managed by his spouse. His question was prompted by what recently happened to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The owners of the Dodgers, Frank and…
If you are a fan of Who’s the Boss? star Tony Danza, you may recall that in 2006 he separated from his wife, Tracy. Four and a half years later, Tony Danza has filed for divorce according to People.com. As a San Diego divorce lawyer, I have had clients in…
Yahoo Finance recently ran an article listing the top 10 signs the economy is on the upswing. Item Number 10 on the list was “More couples are calling it quits.” The article reported that members of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers had a 37% drop in divorce cases in…
This year’s Academy Awards will be held at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California on February 27, 2011. It airs live in San Diego on ABC at 5 p.m. Among the awards to be given out, perhaps one of the most anticipated is best director. This year’s nominees for best…
As reported by NBC SanDiego.com, professional skate boarder Tony Hawk recently filed for divorce in North San Diego County. Hawk filed for divorce from third wife Lhotse Merriam. Hawk and Merriam were married in 2006; they have one child. Raised in San Diego, Hawk is well known for a videogame…