California custody decisions are built around one legal standard: the best interest of the child. That phrase sounds broad, but in practice, courts are looking at a very specific set of factors designed to protect long-term child welfare and stability.

California custody decisions are built around one legal standard: the best interest of the child. That phrase sounds broad, but in practice, courts are looking at a very specific set of factors designed to protect long-term child welfare and stability.

The Marital Estate: What Is Actually Divided? The marital estate is broader than most people assume.

Community property means that, in general, assets and debts acquired during marriage are divided equally between spouses — regardless of who earned more income, whose name appears on the account, or who managed the finances.

In this episode of the Divorcing Dorothy Podcast, we explore how emotional decision-making can create long-term financial consequences — especially under California’s community property laws.

To help California’s deal with the uncertainties of our current real estate market, we are dedicating three episodes to help listeners make good real estate decisions.

Landscaping is a big part of curb appeal and can have a big impact on price. Researchers at Virginia Tech found that a home with little or no landscaping could produce an additional 5% - 15% by making landscaping improvements.

Protect Your Smart Home from Hackers: Protect your home with malware, multifactor authentication, and updated software to reduce the risk of hacking your home devices.

Over 80 percent believe animal-related considerations will play a role in future living situations.

Most real estate investors don’t immediately think of their self-directed IRA as a source of capital for residential and commercial real estate purchases. However, self-directed individual retirement accounts allow investors to diversify their assets into investments other than stocks, bonds and mutual.