As a family law attorney, I get asked this question all the time: Do you think a Prenuptial Agreement is a good idea? My answer is always a definite YES. With the California divorce rate at a WHOPPING 75% planning for the “What if” is important. Let’s face it, no one wants California Law to…
California Law is clear, if you are married at the time you give birth there is a presumption that the child belongs to your husband. You could be separated, living apart or even with a new significant other but the law would still presume that the person whom you are legally married to, is the…
The Atighechi Law Group opened up a law office in Sherman Oaks right on the metropolitan Ventura Blvd. We are two blocks east of Sepulveda and Ventura. Should you have any dissolution issues, child custody issues, property dissolution issues in and around Los Angeles then come see us in our Sherman Oaks office. The Atighechi…
Judge Scott Gordon of the Los Angeles Superior court ruled that the prenuptial agreement at the heart of the McCourt divorce was invalid. For those who haven’t heard the McCourt’s own the Dodgers and are now in a battle over ownership of the team. Jamie McCourt signed a prenuptial agreement which Frank McCourt argues provided…
California Evidence Code Section §730 (“730 Child Custody Evaluation”): When it appears to the court, at any time before or during the trial of an action, that expert evidence is or may be required by the court or by any party to the action, the court on its own motion or on motion of any…
The 2012 Marriage Protection Act was a ballot measure put into place by John Marcotte of California to ban divorce in the state. It is not known if this act would be considered a serious ballot measure or a joke but with a 75% divorce rate in California the ban could never work. If 694,354…
The Mel Gibson and Oskana child custody battle is at its prime with all the legal and emotional drama that probably made for good TV last night on Larry King. Oskana alleged that she appeared on Larry King to talk about the domestic violence she claims that she encountered with Mel Gibson. She claims she…
Judge Scott Gordon in department 88 of the downtown los angeles court house ordered Mel Gibson to pay $20,000 a month in child support plus housing to Respondent Oksana. Petitioner (Mel Gibson) tried to downplay his current income and argued that his station in life is more than the child’s needs would be. This is…
News broke out that Charlie Sheen filed for divorce on November 1, 2010. At the time Charlie Sheen filed for divorce the couple had already performed all the work necessary six months prior to filing the petition as the parties contractually dissolved their assets in a marital settlement agreement. This normally does not happen; typically…
Divorce is a very difficult time and could be traumatic for the children especially if the children are at a young, tender age in their lives. The child’s world has shifted and they are involved in a custody battle where they are “visiting” with a parent who is no longer in the home where the…