California divorce law affects lots of people, thanks to the high
rate of divorce in California and to the generally high rate of divorces in
that state. However, California divorce law works in much the same way as in
any other state. In a California divorce, a marriage is dissolved. Laws surrounding
California divorce stipulate what reasons can be claimed for filing for divorce.
In a California divorce, laws attempt to make the divorce process as speedy
and organized as possible. A California divorce attempts to create an agreement
that both parties can live with and attempts to give each party of the divorce
a chance to air any grievances. A California divorce has specific procedures
and often involves a lawyer and the filing of many documents. After a California
divorce, a legal document is filed in the state that publicly shows that a couple
is divorced. So there is no magic formula that makes a California divorce radically
different from every other. One reason that many people tend to be interested
in California divorce more often is that many celebrities file for a California
divorce thanks to the high percentage of celebrities living in the Los Angeles
and Malibu areas. This celebrity factor lends a California divorce a certain
- false - glamour and ensures that California divorce stays in the news. Since
celebrity break ups are reported so often many people falsely assume that California
divorce rates are much higher than elsewhere in the country.
A California divorce works in much the same way that other divorces work. Certainly,
a California divorce is as costly and as painful as a divorce in any other state.
There is one interesting facet to a California divorce that is interesting,
however. In a California divorce, assets tend to be divided down the middle
when a couple divorce rather than allotted according to whether one spouse earns
more than the other. This means that if a couple are married and the wife buys
a multimillion dollar home, in the case of a California divorce, in most cases,
the home's value is divided down the middle, regardless of the fact that the
husband did not contribute. Famously, when film director James Cameron and then-wife
actress Linda Hamilton divorced, Linda Hamilton received half of the director's
profits from the film Titanic, thanks to California divorce law. Of course,
this part of California divorce law tends to be contested and many couples sign
prenuptial agreements that invalidate this part of a California divorce. In
many cases, a good attorney can make a good case against this stipulation of
a California divorce. Then again, this part of California divorce does simplify
alimony a great deal.
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