Author Archives: Jay Butchko
How Establishing Guardianship Can Help With Enrolling Children in School
According to California’s Department of Education, children between the ages of six and eighteen are required to be enrolled in full-time education. However, in order to attend, schools typically require documentation such as a birth certificate for the child, proof of residency, a student’s health records, and proof of legal guardianship. There are exceptions… Read More »
Warning Signs of Domestic Violence
Before a person is capable of reporting domestic violence, they must acknowledge that they are being controlled or abused. It might initially be hard to notice domestic violence because after your partner hurts you, they apologize and promise that behavior will never return. If children are involved, the victim will be not only looking… Read More »
Custody of Frozen Embryos
With recent advancements in medicine, assisted reproductive technology is being used more and more frequently. A couple who would not have been able to give birth to children due to medical reasons, such as undergoing cancer treatment, can now create frozen embryos to be stored for later and used to bring a child to… Read More »
Parenting Classes and Protocol
How To Improve Your Custody Case There are dozens of things that you can do to improve your custody case. These include, but are not limited to, the following: Picking up your children on time for activities and your parenting time; Showing up on time to visitation; Spending as much time with your children… Read More »
How To Split Household Items in a Divorce
According to the Boston Globe, the average American home contains 300,000 items from couches to spoons. Those who have been stressed from trying to maintain an unhappy marriage are also likely to have stress-spent. CreditKarma conducted a survey where they found that 35 percent of people stress-spend monthly. While some of those purchases are… Read More »
Social Security Entitlement
Divorced couples have an uncertain future. One of the greatest uncertainties is each spouse’s financial stability, particularly those who have retired, are close to retirement age, or have not had a job for many years due to their role as a homemaker or stay at home parent. One tool to help ensure that you… Read More »
Dividing Airline Miles and Hotel Points
Marital assets include bank accounts, retirement funds, automobiles, debt, and so much more. Virtually everything acquired during marriage is considered marital property / marital assets, including your airline and hotel points. These can be a big deal to couples who travel frequently for pleasure or business, and who have accrued a large amount of… Read More »
Co-Parenting Counseling and Parent Coordinators
Divorce is extremely difficult on children. While staying in an unhappy marriage likely causes more harm to the kids than getting a divorce, it is important to remember that the pain and anguish that you are going through likely pales in comparison to what your children are dealing with. Children of divorce suffer academically,… Read More »
Recent Changes to California’s Domestic Partnerships Laws
On January 1st, 2020, thousands of California couples were given an alternative to marriage, as reported by ABC 7 News. Up until this recent legislation passed, domestic partnership was reserved for same-sex couples (of all adult ages) and opposite-sex couples over the age of 62. Now, most couples, either LGBT or heterosexual, can become… Read More »
Family Law: Emergency Rule Regarding Effective Date to Modify Support in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Court proceedings have taken quite a turn since March, when the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic became apparent in California. State courts have implemented a number of emergency orders to restrict public gatherings and to better enact social distancing/shelter in place. One of these measures is in regards to child support modifications. Many families… Read More »
