Asset Division And Hidden Assets In A California Divorce
You are in a divorce, and you believe your husband may have sent money to his relatives in India. Or your wife bought a property in her father’s name in China. Or there is a business your spouse quietly built during the marriage that has never appeared on any…
What To Do If You Are Arrested For Domestic Violence In California
The minutes and hours after a domestic violence arrest are usually when people do the most damage to their own cases. They explain, they try to “correct the record”, they tell the officer what “really happened”. They call the alleged victim from jail to sort it…
The Stages Of A Domestic Violence Criminal Case In California
A domestic violence criminal case often does not feel like a clear process to the person going through it. It feels like chaos: an arrest, a night in a cell, a court date, a piece of paper ordering you to stay away from your own home, and a sense that everything…
How To Get A Domestic Violence Criminal Case Dismissed In California
After a domestic violence arrest, one question is commonly asked. How do I make this go away? People want a single answer, and there is not one, because a domestic violence case can be ended at several different points, by different means, for different reasons,…
How Domestic Violence Cases Are Won At Trial In California
The prosecutor would not dismiss the case. They would not offer anything you could accept. So the case is set for trial, and the question changes from how to make it go away to how to win it. This is the article about that: how to win a domestic violence case at…
Domestic Violence Crimes And Immigration: A Charge-By-Charge Analysis
For a United States citizen, a domestic violence charge is a serious criminal problem. For a non- citizen, it can be something worse: the end of a life built in this country. The same conviction that means probation and a class for a citizen can mean deportation,…
Domestic Violence Charges Explained: Penal Code 273.5, 243(e)(1), & The Rest
You were arrested, and the paperwork lists something like “273.5” or “243(e)(1),” maybe “236” or “245(a)(1).” Nowhere does it say “domestic violence” as a charge, yet everyone keeps calling it a domestic violence case. So you may be left with two questions: 1.…
Can A Victim “Drop” A Domestic Violence Criminal Case In California?
It is the first thing many people ask after a domestic violence arrest, and it comes from both the arrested party and the alleged victim. The accused arrestee asks it hoping for relief, and person who called the police asks it often filled with regret. The…
Second, Third, And Felony DUIs In California
The most important thing that changes with a second DUI is not the penalty, it is the assumption that this was a mistake. A first time DUI is treated by almost everyone as an incident, a bad night, a mistake. A second DUI changes that analysis considerably. The…
First-Time DUI In California
Most people arrested for a first DUI tell themselves a version of the same thing: ‘No record, no priors, nobody got hurt. I should just pay the fine, take a class, put it behind me. It’s just like a speeding ticket with extra steps’. That belief can be the most…