Divorce Attorney in Los Angeles, California Can you provide a quick overview of the divorce process?
Can you provide a quick overview of the divorce process?
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The divorce process, I like to say,
starts with the petition, the document you file to open up the case. The other side will file a response. That way, the
court knows that both parties have appeared in the action and the court can now what I call take jurisdiction over the parties. Then you go through what
the disclosure process, which is where you gather all your uh documents to put together assets and debts to put
together um an overview of your income and expenses. At that point, we get to take a look through uh the case and see
what issues we might want to explore more. If we want to dive into discovery,
uh whatever issues we think that we can resolve right off the bat, we want to do that. Our goal is to resolve as much as
possible so we can really minimize uh trial time. Trial is the last step for anything that remains unresolved.
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Los Angeles, CA family law attorney Nina Shayan Depatie provides a quick overview of the divorce process. She describes the divorce process as beginning with the filing of a petition, the legal document that officially opens the case. The other party then files a response, allowing the court to recognize that both parties have appeared in the proceedings and establish jurisdiction over them.
She explains that the next stage involves financial disclosures, during which both parties gather and organize documents detailing their assets, debts, income, and expenses. Once this information is available, she evaluates the case to identify issues that may require further investigation through the discovery process. She also looks for matters that can be resolved early, with the goal of settling as many issues as possible before trial.
She emphasizes that her objective is to minimize the time spent in trial by resolving disputes whenever feasible. Trial is considered the final step for any issues that remain unresolved after the parties have explored opportunities for settlement and other possible resolutions.
