San Diego- On March 1, 2014 the San Diego Family Law Court started up a new divorce program for individuals who have filed for divorce in San Diego county, are not represented by attorney’s and have no contested issues. There are of course further requirements, but it is great to see the San Diego Court system implementing new procedures to help make the divorce process move along as quickly and fairly as possible. NBC San Diego reporter Monica Garske quotes San Diego Presiding Judge David Danielson ” In a time when budget cuts are forcing Courts all over California to limit services to the public, judge from the San Diego Superior Court, court professionals and and the legal community are leading efforts to innovate improvements to the administration of Family Law.”
Of course “one” day divorce does not mean you file and then you are divorce that day. The California family law rules regarding 6 months waiting periord before a divorce can be finalized as well as other requirements still apply. Also because many divorces are contested many individuals will not be able to use this program.
In deciding to settle a divorce quickly one concern San Diego divorce attorney Brent J. Pfeiffer has is that individuals who want to end a divorce quickly will often give up assets they are entitled to because they don’t want to fight. In most California divorce cases once the divorce is final going back to modify a Marital Settlement agreement is impossible or very difficult. Money spent on a divorce attorney will often pay itself back tenfold after the divorce is finalized.
Its great to see the San Diego Family Law court doing its best to help unrepresented litigants and trying to streamline a complicated and lengthy divorce process. To learn more about the San Diego Once Day divorce program click here.
