Divorce

Divorce

Filing for Divorce:

To file for a judgment of dissolution of marriage in California, you or your spouse must have lived in the state for six months and in the county where filing for divorce for three months.

Mr. Dresben has extensive trial experience and expertise in the area of family law offer a strong foundation in divorce settlement negotiations. We can help you consider all issues potentially arising in a divorce, including:

property division, including identifying separate and marital property, division of assets and debts, proper division of pension and retirement funds and ascertaining location of hidden income and assets
custody and child support issues
for those who own a family business and business valuation of that business or business that they might have an ownership interest.
Mr. Dresben will also assist you in preparing for the future by considering other post-divorce issues.

Contact Our Offices

To set up a meeting to discuss your divorce and related issues, Mr. Dresben or call us at 213-388-3385. We are centrally located in Mid-Wilshire, near the intersection of the Wilshire Boulevard and Normandy near the 101 and 10 freeways, allowing us to represent clients in courts throughout Southern California. We accept all major credit cards.

Among the trustee’s responsibilities are:

Collecting, managing, and investing of trust assets and accumulating and distributing income and principal to the beneficiaries.

Keeping the trust’s assets separate from the assets of any other trust as well as any person’s assets. It is important not to commingle the trust’s assets with other assets.

Dealing impartially with the trust’s assets, which includes not using trust assets for the benefit of the trustee, nor taking any action that will result in a conflict of interest between the trustee and the trust or one of the beneficiaries.

Preserving the trust’s assets. If real estate is a trust asset, this would include properly managing the real estate. For stocks and bonds, the trustee should hire someone to properly manage the accounts, which would include following California’s prudent investor rules for investments.

Filing income tax and estate tax returns.

Keeping adequate records of the trust’s activities, including proper bookkeeping and accounting. This is necessary for the filing of the trust’s income tax returns and properly preparing trust accountings.
Contact us: (213) 388-3385