For a moment, consider this scenario: Tomi and Jerry have been married for seven years, have no children or ownership in real property (they have lived in the same apartment complex in Fremont for the duration of the marriage), own a few trinkets here and there, but do not have a large amount of debt. Recently, they have come to an agreement that the marriage isn’t working and a divorce is in order.  This couple Read More

It’s the conversation you are dreading: having to tell your children that you and your spouse have decided to divorce. You don’t want to let them down and have to watch them process this news that is, to them, earth-shattering. However, you know it must be done. To make this discussion easier on everyone involved, Ahluwalia Law has prepared the following four key pieces of advice. Gather everyone – yes, that Read More

Many California spouses are currently going through a situation similar to this fictitious scenario: It’s been obvious for a while now that your marriage isn’t working. It started with a small sense that something wasn’t right, that something changed about your husband after you two married and moved in together. Over time, the two of you spend less time together. Then came the verbal abuse. Before it went too Read More

From the leaders of groups that deal with families in crisis:  Susan Myres, President of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) Jill Peña, Executive Director of AAML Dr. Matt Sullivan, President of Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) Peter Salem, Executive Director of AFCC Joey Orduña Hastings, CEO, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Annette Burns, AAML and Former Read More

The American Institute of Family Law Attorneys has recognized the exceptional performance of California’s Family Law Attorney Madan Ahluwalia, Esq. as 2019 10 Best Family Law Attorney for Client Satisfaction. The American Institute of Family Law Attorneys is a third-party attorney rating organization that publishes an annual list of the Top 10 Family Law Attorneys in each state. Attorneys who are selected to the Read More

Restraining Orders and Child Custody Gaining joint or sole custody of your child is hard enough without a restraining order hanging around your neck. Restraining orders (sometimes referred to as protective orders) are useful tools for parents to keep themselves and their children safe, but if you feel you have been unfairly slapped with a temporary (or permanent) restraining order, your attempts to gain custody Read More

Suppose you have a civil or commercial dispute with an individual or entity located in a different country. How would you go about serving pertinent documents to them? Dozens of countries have attempted to address this issue by signing a multilateral agreement, The Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, more commonly called the Hague Service Convention Read More

Mike and Lynne have decided to file for divorce after five years of marriage. He discovered that she was seeing someone else and, although hurt and angry, he agreed to work with Lynne to end the marriage with as little stress and contention as possible. Below is an overview of the steps that Mike took to file for divorce in California. He undertook all of them with help from an experienced divorce attorney, who Read More

Rob and Catelyn were only married for two years before they realized that they weren’t happy together. Both later admitted that they had entered the marriage with unspoken assumptions: he didn’t want children, but she believed that after they married, he would change his mind. She wanted to stay in San Jose, but he presumed that after the honeymoon, she would finally agree to move to Dallas, where he had Read More