Another definition of resilience is to recover from adversity. As a person who is going through or has gone through a divorce, choose to not settle for….

Often times the holidays fail to bring about peace, and are instead the triggering factor for the end of a marriage or domestic partnership.  Other couples make a joint decision to wait until the New Year for tax purposes or keeping the family together for one more holiday season.  Whatever the reason, although there is […] read more…

Happy New Year from the Law Office of Cristin M. Lowe! We are excited to share the latest news with our office and our New Year’s resolutions.

Divorce is frustrating and emotional. There isn’t a good way to get around these feelings, but being able to accept certain realities will ease this difficult time in your life. Divorce is a process. Remember that it’s not an event. The difference between the two isn’t semantics. Studies have shown that divorce is very similar […] read more…

I tell clients to pretend that they are living in two worlds during the divorce process: 1) the legal world; and 2) the real world. In the legal world, their divorce orders and judgment can state that one party takes certain debts and the other party takes other debts. Unfortunately, in the real world, creditors […] read more…

Speaking with your attorney, who is a near-stranger stranger to you, about the most intimate details of your personal life can be difficult, embarrassing, and downright undesirable. At the same time, it’s a great source of frustration for clients when their attorney doesn’t seem to want to listen to what they have to say. By […] read more…

The What A forensic accountant is typically a CPA hired to assist with the valuation of businesses, examination and/or reconstruction of financial records, analysis of difficult tax situations, and computation of someone’s income. Forensic accountants tend to be used in cases where money and property are highly contested, when a personal or small business needs […] read more…

You may hear the term “ATROs” used frequently during your family law matter and likely have no idea what the word means. “ATROs” is an acronym that stands for Automatic Temporary Restraining Orders, and they apply in every divorce, domestic partnership dissolution, legal separation, and paternity case filed in California. The best non-legal description I […] read more…

Mediation is required whenever there is a child custody or visitation dispute. All California counties further require mandatory mediation orientation prior to mediation occurring. Each county differs in its orientation sessions and the way it conducts mediation, but the one constant is that the goal is for litigants to resolve their custody and visitation disputes […] read more…

I regularly volunteer for Contra Costa County’s Pro Per clinic, which is a program designed to help self-represented litigants through their divorce. The clinic itself covers two major topics: 1) Starting your dissolution; and 2) Finalizing your dissolution. During the “starting” clinic, I spend the majority of my with the participants on their Preliminary Declaration […] read more…