California Divorce Blawg

Hearing the Voices of the Children

There is an interesting review being conducted by the family justice system in England and Wales.  Children are being asked their views on how to improve the family law system.  The study includes a guide for children, telling them how to give opinions on how they should be treated.  The study is also investigating how children can communicate to the family courts.

The panel has spent a year talking to children, parents, and others involved in the family law system.  It has found that the system is not working for children. In an interim report the study panel identified the need for a service the helps parents focus on children, greater utilization of parenting agreements, and focusing on where the children spend their time. 

Hhhmmmn.  This sounds like a lot of the same thought that we have going on here in the States.

Please click here for Ministry of Justice information page.

Please be sure to visit www.hardinglaw.com, the website for the law firm of Harding & Associates, for more information on California family law.

You Can't Stop A California Divorce

Quite often I will hear a husband or wife say "I am not going to agree to the divorce," or "I won't give him/her a divorce."  Well, in California those are empty words.  There is no mutual consent requirement in the Golden State.  If one party can assert irreconcilable differences (by checking a box on a petition), file the petition with the court, and pay the filing fee, there is going to be a divorce.  It does not matter if the other spouse agrees to the divorce or not.

Not much more to say.  It really is that simple.