Divorce doesn’t necessarily need to take place in court, there are other options, and two popular choices are mediation and arbitration.

Do-it-Yourself divorce has never been more accessible than it is now. But just because you can, doesn’t always mean you should.

In contested divorces, discovery may prove incredibly valuable. Discovery compels each side to reveal what evidence and info they have.

If you file for divorce and share credit card debt with your spouse, in the state of California, you are equally liable for paying it off.

The paparazzi probably doesn’t hound you and follow your every move, but that doesn’t mean privacy during divorce is important to you.

Step 1: File petition. 2: Serve spouse. 3: Respond to summons. 4: Discovery. 5: Temporary orders. 6: Settlement /negotiation. 7: Sign and file final papers.

While any number of factors go into pursuing a divorce, there’s much more to deal with when it comes to who has jurisdiction.

Ending a marriage is complicated in the best of times, but what happens to the process you have a spouse from a foreign country?

CALLER: “I married my ex-husband and remarried him after we were divorced. He thinks that our first divorce decree settlement is null and void because I married him twice, and then we got divorced a second time. Is that true? I don’t see what one marriage has to do with another one.”

While the prospect of divorce hearings may be intimidating, it definitely helps to go in with an idea of what to expect out of court.

A “divorce decree” simply refers to the court’s final ruling and judgment order that makes the termination of a marriage official.