Divorce Property Division Guides

Pre-marital home + community mortgage payments

Use this guide when one spouse owned a home before marriage and community income paid down the mortgage. Includes a decision table, document checklist, timeline, formula map, and worked example.

When adding a spouse to title changes everything

See how adding a spouse to title before separation can change the Moore Marsden result. Includes a two-phase formula, title-change checklist, worked example, and calculator link.

Post-separation occupancy and expense adjustments

Use this guide when one spouse stays in the home after separation or pays housing expenses alone. Includes a step-by-step formula, Watts notice template, document checklist, and calculator link.

AAPL & META grants across all 4 timing scenarios

RSUs granted before marriage, during marriage, and vesting after separation all produce different community fractions. Compare timing scenarios, Nelson vs. Hug, and open the dedicated RSU calculator.

Grant notices, vesting schedules, brokerage records, and taxes

Gather the documents that drive RSU and stock option division: grant dates, vest dates, share counts, brokerage records, pay stubs, W-2s, and Nelson/Hug calculation inputs.

FL-140, FL-141, FL-142, FL-150, and document checklist

Prepare your preliminary financial disclosures with a practical checklist for property, debts, income, expenses, real estate, RSUs, retirement accounts, and county self-help resources.

County filing portals, confirmations, and proof of service

Understand when divorce papers can be e-filed, what proof to save, how e-filing differs from service, and where to verify county-specific family law filing instructions.

Final updates, FL-141, FL-144 waiver, and judgment prep

Understand when to update final disclosures, when FL-144 may waive them, what changed since preliminary disclosure, and what to file before judgment.

Property inventory, proof documents, and valuation records

Organize real estate, bank accounts, retirement, RSUs, business interests, vehicles, personal property, and debt records before disclosure or settlement.

Income, expenses, support records, and self-employment proof

Gather pay stubs, taxes, business records, monthly bills, insurance costs, childcare expenses, and support-related information before filling out FL-150.

Local family court, settlement, disclosure, property, and hearing prep

Find county-specific court-prep guides for Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa, Orange, Sacramento, and Santa Clara.

FL-100, FL-110, FL-700, service, disclosures, and county next steps

Choose the right California divorce filing path, prepare forms, file with your county court, handle proof of service, and connect the case to disclosures and settlement prep.

Mediation, settlement conference, and final agreement prep

Pressure-test settlement numbers, disclosures, real estate, RSUs, retirement, debts, reimbursements, transfer deadlines, and Santa Clara SOC planning.

Who can use self-help, what to bring, and what to ask

Prepare for a family court self-help visit with the forms, case records, disclosure documents, and county-specific questions that make limited help more useful.

SOC documents, property numbers, RSUs, debts, and settlement terms

Prepare for a Santa Clara family law Settlement Officer Conference with a practical packet checklist for disclosures, house buyouts, Moore Marsden, Watts/Epstein, RSUs, debts, and proposed settlement terms.

Issue tables, exhibits, tracing, house records, and RSU evidence

Organize Santa Clara property division disputes by issue, evidence, calculation, and requested result. Built for homes, reimbursements, debts, RSUs, title changes, and self-represented hearing packets.

Permission, Teams access, PDFs, issue outline, and follow-up tasks

Confirm remote appearance rules, organize digital documents, prepare a short issue outline, and avoid privacy mistakes before a Santa Clara family court remote hearing.

Document organizer for Santa Clara family court calendars

Organize court notices, disclosure forms, filed papers, house records, RSU documents, debts, settlement notes, and remote access details before a Department 64 or 65 family court event.

Los Angeles County court, disclosure, property, and settlement prep

Prepare for Los Angeles County divorce court with a property, disclosure, house, debt, RSU, settlement, and hearing document checklist.

San Diego County court, disclosure, property, and settlement prep

Prepare for San Diego County divorce court with a house, disclosure, debt, RSU, support, settlement, and hearing checklist.

San Francisco County court, disclosure, property, and settlement prep

Prepare for San Francisco divorce court with ACCESS Center, Unified Family Court, disclosure, property, RSU, debt, and hearing checklists.

San Mateo County court, disclosure, property, and settlement prep

Prepare for San Mateo County divorce court with family law, disclosure, property, RSU, house, debt, and settlement document checklists.

Alameda County court, disclosure, property, and settlement prep

Prepare for Alameda County and East Bay divorce court with property, disclosure, house, RSU, debt, support, and hearing checklists.

Contra Costa County court, disclosure, property, and settlement prep

Prepare for Contra Costa and East Bay divorce court with family law department, remote appearance, disclosure, property, and settlement checklists.

Orange County court, disclosure, property, and settlement prep

Prepare for Orange County divorce court with family law self-help, disclosure, house, debt, property division, settlement, and hearing checklists.

Sacramento County court, disclosure, property, and settlement prep

Prepare for Sacramento County divorce court with disclosure, house, debt, reimbursement, support, settlement, and hearing document checklists.