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ENCINO · SPODEK LAW GROUP P.C. · LOS ANGELES

Encino divorce lawyers for physicians, attorneys, and practice owners.

A medical practice south of the Boulevard, a house north of it, and twenty years of shared finances. Encino divorces revolve around professional practices and the homes they paid for, and we know how to divide both.

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Encino is thick with physicians, dentists, lawyers, and accountants who built practices over decades while raising families in the hills south of Ventura Boulevard. Divorcing a practice owner, or divorcing as one, raises valuation questions most family lawyers rarely touch, including professional goodwill, accounts receivable, and what happens when the license holder is the only person who can run the business.

Spodek Law Group P.C. brings real depth to those cases. We have protected over $500 million in marital assets, Chad Lewin has 23+ years in California courtrooms, and every case starts with a risk-free consultation where you can ask anything you want for as long as it takes.

California divorce runs on the same rules wherever you live: no-fault grounds, the 6-month residency requirement, community property division, and a waiting period of 6 months and 1 day from service before your marital status ends. What changes with your address is the courthouse, the judges, and the local procedures - and that is exactly what we handle for you. When you reach out, you start with a risk-free consultation, and you can ask us anything you want.

The cases we see in Encino.

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Valuing a medical or dental practice

California courts treat professional goodwill as divisible community property, which surprises most practice owners. We work with valuation experts who understand practices rather than generic businesses, and we fight over the inputs, because receivables, payer mix, and goodwill assumptions swing the final number dramatically.

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When the practice owner controls the books

A spouse who manages the office sees everything, while the other spouse sees a salary. We use discovery, subpoenas, and forensic accounting to establish what the practice actually earns, so support and property division rest on true numbers rather than the version prepared for the divorce.

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Balancing the house against the practice

A common Encino trade gives one spouse the home and the other the practice, but the swap only works when both are valued honestly and taxes are accounted for. We structure trades like this regularly and make sure the equal division California requires is equal in fact.

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Which courthouse will my Encino divorce be filed in?

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Encino divorces are typically filed at Van Nuys Courthouse East, 6230 Sylmar Ave, which handles family law for much of the central Valley. The court generally assigns cases by ZIP code, so we verify the correct courthouse for your address before we file anything.

Is my professional practice community property?

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The portion of the practice built during your marriage generally is, including its goodwill, even though your license and skills are personal to you. Your spouse does not become a co-owner, but the community must be compensated for its share of the value. How that value gets measured is the whole fight, and it is one we know from every angle.

Can I keep the house if my spouse keeps the practice?

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Trades like that are common and entirely workable when the appraisals hold up. California requires an equal division of community property under Family Code §760, so the house-for-practice swap needs both assets valued credibly, with mortgages and tax effects included. We run those numbers before you commit to anything.

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