Understanding Separate Property and Tracing The key exception is separate property. Assets and debts that were owned before the marriage, or that were received during the marriage as a gift, ...

Victoria was a practicing attorney for over a decade, admitted in Texas and California. She has also held senior HR roles in major corporations, honing a talent for communicating across varied ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Should you get a financial specialist to help with your divorce? Most people start their divorces looking for a mediator or a lawyer, not a financial planner, so it can be a startling question. Yet a ...

The advice I always give people about divorce is this: don't get one. The best divorce is the one you never have, if you can avoid it. I never set out to become a divorce lawyer. In 2001, I worked in ...