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Hancock Park divorce lawyers for long marriages and old houses.

The homes in Hancock Park have been in some families for generations, and the marriages here tend to be long ones. When they end, the house, the retirement accounts, and spousal support carry decades of history with them.

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Hancock Park marriages often stretch twenty or thirty years, anchored by a historic home near Larchmont, established careers, and children who are now grown. Ending a marriage like that means dividing property that has appreciated for decades, valuing pensions earned over an entire working life, and deciding whether one spouse will support the other going forward, questions that deserve careful, unhurried answers.

Our office at 611 S Catalina St is minutes from your neighborhood, and Chad Lewin, our Los Angeles of-counsel, has spent more than 23 years in California courtrooms handling exactly these cases. Regardless of how complicated your situation is, or how challenging it is, we can help you work through it with your dignity and your finances intact.

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 Hancock Park.

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Deciding who keeps the family home

A Hancock Park house that has tripled in value is usually the largest community asset in the case, and keeping it means buying out your spouse's half. We work through appraisals, refinancing realities, and trade-offs against retirement accounts so the decision is made with real numbers in front of you.

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Spousal support after a thirty-year marriage

In a long marriage, California courts weigh the Family Code §4320 factors, including the standard of living you built together and each spouse's ability to earn now. A spouse who left a career decades ago to run the household has real claims, and we present them with the evidence a judge needs.

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Dividing pensions built over decades

Retirement earned during the marriage is community property no matter whose name is on the account, and dividing it usually requires a QDRO, a separate court order directed at the plan itself. We handle that drafting so your share actually arrives instead of getting lost in paperwork.

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Which courthouse will my Hancock Park divorce be filed in?

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Hancock Park filings typically land at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 111 N Hill St in downtown Los Angeles, the county's central family law courthouse. Assignments generally track ZIP codes rather than neighborhood boundaries, and we verify the correct venue before we file your petition so nothing starts off on the wrong foot.

Can I keep the house in my divorce?

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Often yes, if the numbers work. California divides community property equally under Family Code §760, so keeping the house means your spouse receives offsetting value, whether from retirement accounts, other assets, or a buyout. We run those scenarios early so you know whether keeping it is realistic before you anchor the whole case to it.

Will I owe or receive long-term spousal support?

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In longer marriages, California courts often retain jurisdiction over spousal support indefinitely, and the amount turns on the Family Code §4320 factors, including age, health, earning capacity, and the marital standard of living. There is no automatic lifetime award and no automatic cutoff either, so how your evidence is presented matters enormously.

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