How do I find out what was awarded in a divorce settlement in the state of california? any lawyers please?
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You need to know in which county the divorce was handled (it should be the county in which your ex is a resident). Then you can contact the court for that county and request a copy of the divorce decree. It's time consuming but worth it. Or, if your ex went through an attorney, you can contact them and they will give you the information needed to obtain a copy of the decree. Good luck.
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Search through the public records at the counties she resided in Here....http://www.co.mendocino.ca.us/acr/. A lot of them are online and will show new marriage certificates and divorces. Also when you find out the married name you can search by husband or her name on realpages.com  or whitepages.com
810060
Why didn't the attorneys give you the contact information for the original creditor.  You need to find this company and ask them whats going on.  Some companies do things like this, then go a few months without payment so that they can garnish you cause they figure they can get more money that way.  In my county the courthouse can take payments for judgments.  Did you ask them if they would.  Whatever you do, keep records of your attempts to contact them.  It sounds like this could come back on you. \nActually there should be something the courthouse can do for you also.  Seems to me like there should be some kind of papers to fill out to find the creditor.  Contact everyone, the courthouse the attorney find that creditor.   \nSTUDLY is usually good with things like this, but I'm not sure how to find someone on Yahoo answers unless you see they've answered a question and click there avatar.\nGood Luck.
524160
Welcome to the world of "my life now officially sucks."  I'm a California divorce lawyer.  I am going through my own divorce.  I am representing myself.  The process sucks even for me.  While I am grateful that I have the skills and ability to represent myself I have absolutely no idea how anybody else could possibly do it.\n\nIf you are dead-set on representing yourself (and I can't say I blame you -- it is very expensive to hire a lawyer) then you need to start doing your research now.  Check your local county courts and see if they have any free legal clinics.  Many do.  If you're in California, most counties have a Family Law Facillitator's Office that might be able to give you some guidance.\n\nOther than that, go to your local bookstore and check out books on divorce.  There is a mountain of information out there.  It's very difficult to get your head around it depending on the complexity of your marital estate.\n\nIn the meantime, go find yourself a lawyer at www.martindale.com.  Find one that will give you a free consultation.  Many have flexible fee plans and creative financing.  Who knows, getting a lawyer may actually save you money in that a lawyer might be able to get more out of your divorce than you could have.  Ultimately, the decision to hire or not hire a lawyer is entirely yours.  But I highly suggest you consult one just so that you have all the information in front of you when making this very important decision.
26048
Please don't be misled by the previous responder. You are correct in asking your question. Most likely, unless you have been served by court documents you are probably still married. There is an off chance that your husband found an attorney that circumvented the service of process laws and your husband could still have been granted a divorce where ever he is without you knowing. There is no easy way to find out, but a good divorce attorney or PI may be able to, especially if a divorce has been granted somewhere. If you want to be divorced, your best bet is to initiate divorce proceedings yourself. Your attorney can serve your husband by publication if he cannot be located and you will be granted a divorce.
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There are two separate questions.\n\nFirst, settlements include details of payment, including time-frames.  As such, only your attorney will know, unless you have a copy of the settlement agreement that you can check yourself.\n\nSecond, with regards to when you see money, check your attorney's fee agreement.  The likely scenario is that a check was/is being cut to your attorney.  Your attorney will then hold it in escrow/a trust while calculating the costs and fees that the lawyer / law firm accrued during the course of your case.  Costs and fees are explained in your attorney's fee agreement.  Once complete, your attorney will likely send you 1) an accounting of the settlement amount, costs, and fees (depending on the state law) and 2) a check for residual amount (ie - the amount of money due you after all expenses).  You should receive this promptly within an reasonable time for calculations.
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First of all, I would ask if you have kept your committment to the terms of the divorce. If there are some specifics, then you could probably answer your own question.\nSecondly, just let her know you've moved on and if there are kids involved, plz consider them.
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You must go to the county in which the divorce was granted (.e. Cook County, Illinois) - you would go to the county records office.  There may be a slight fee to get a copy of those records, although it is definitely public record so there will be no issue in getting it.\n\nAlso, if you used a divorce lawyer, you could probably get a copy from him/her.
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lexisnexis or westlaw should work, but its $$$. the other option to research is your local law school library. The librarians are generally pretty good.\n\nAs far as I can tell there are no california state cases published by that name. (only cases that go to the state supreme court, and some at the intermediate appeals level are published) There may be federal cases, but I didn't want to take the time.\n\ngood luck
463746
You can search it in your states website. I believe you can even go to the court house and check. I would check your states website or counties first though.
216770
if you have her full name then you can check public records or hire an investigator to do so for you.  I would suggest looking at her divorce docs to see if she has some horrible dirt or allegations by her ex.  You could run a criminal check but none of that is going to be free.  please email me if you have any questions.\nemma____@yahoo.com\nNorthwest Investigation
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Write out a timeline of everything that happened, attach any documentation you have supporting this information and send it with a letter of complaint to the state bar association.  Follow up on a weekly basis by phone & in person.  Eventually, if you make enough of an nuisance of yourself they may bring all the lawyers involved up on charges, either suspend them for a length of time or disbar them, and make them reimburse you the amount of money you lost.\n\nI went through this same type of thing in Louisiana with an attorney who barely got me divorced and never followed up on the property settlement or child support.  He ended up being suspended for two months and reimbursing me half of the $1000.00 I'd paid him.  It took me two years of being persistant with the Louisiana bar to finally get some satifisfaction in this situation but it worked.
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Most laws can be found on the website for that particular state.  Go to   your state's website and look up legislation.  Go to ttp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/ and look up California Law.  You will click on I think it is Family Code.  You can type in search words like custody and statute of limitations.  This should give you all of your answers and more.
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Hi,\n My friend is going through this same situation. Her husband is currently in prison and she recently filed for a divorce with a lawyer.\n She somehow managed to find a lawyer who charged her by her income level. (I personally never heard of that before) but since she is a stay-at-home mom... she pays next to nothing for this lawyer. (she gets some sort of check in the mail every month though)\n She has 2 young sons and is currently living with her parents and when the layer found out about this, he still only charged her cheap lawyer fees.\n I'm not sure where she found this lawyer but you may want to call the lawyer referrel services in your town ask if they know any lawyers in your area who do the same thing that my friends lawyer does...Good luck to you!
997367
That's something you REALLY need to talk to a lawyer about, and quickly! Contact Legal Aid of California, they answer questions and provide help on a sliding scale.
136574
Sometimes you can find information on line, but not very much is available, and it varies from courtroom to courtroom.  If it is a pending case you might be able to get minimal information by calling the clerk.  If it is a case that is over, you can go to the court and ask to see the file, if that is what you need.\n\nThe link below is to the Orange County Superior Court.  Put in the case # and see if you get any info.  Further info about specific courtrooms is on the site as well.
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Check with the state court where you lived in Florida.  If there was any paperwork filed someone at the court should be able to get a docket number for you and from there you can get a copy of the papers.  But since you have never received anything I would have to say that you are still married...just seperated.