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Dividing Assets & Debts Backed by 100+ Years' Experience

Newport Beach Property Division Attorneys

Dividing Assets and Debts in Orange County

With all the emotional pressures and uncertainty associated with divorce, it can be extremely difficult to focus on your finances. While you may be intensely aware that divorce will have a major financial impact on you and other family members, defense of your property interests can take a back seat to other key concerns such as relationships with children and maintaining your business and career.

At the Burch Shepard Family Law Group, you will find Newport Beach family lawyers who know California divorce and property division laws in depth. We strive to help relieve the burden of worry about financial issues by analyzing your situation and then clearly presenting all viable options and their implications so that you can make decisions with confidence.

Our Orange County lawyers can guide you through the property division process in California. Contact us online or call us at (949) 565-4158 today.

Thorough Analysis and Advocacy To Protect Our Clients' Financial Futures

As Certified Family Law Specialists recognized by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, our attorneys are prepared to handle any property division challenge, however complex.

We have proven strengths in negotiation, mediation and litigation of complex disputes, as well as ready access to specialized professionals who may prove essential in matters involving:

  • Disposition of your family home and other real estate, including establishment of fair valuations and determination of who will take possession or whether property should be sold.
  • Treatment of assets one party brought into the marriage or inherited and thus claims should be treated as separate property rather than community property subject to division.
  • Valuation and ownership interests in a business or professional practice.
  • Equitable division or aggressive protection of retirement plans such as 401(k) accounts, pensions, stock options and other investments.
  • Allegations that either spouse has hidden assets or unreported income that should be subject to division and accounted for in child and spousal support awards.
  • Fair division of debts incurred during the marriage as well as assets — a major issue for many couples across the economic spectrum in these volatile times.
  • Tax considerations relevant under various property division scenarios.
  • Negotiated exchanges enabling people to preserve specific assets — from vehicles and jewelry to a vacation home or ownership and control of a family business.
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What Sets Us Apart

  • Committed To Our Clients
  • Dedicated To Obtaining Real Results
  • 100+ Years Of Collective Experience
  • Specialized Knowledge
  • Super Lawyers
  • OC Metro Top Attorneys
  • Certified California Family Law Specialists
  • Cover Feature - Law Firm of the Month
  • Best of the City
  • “Thank you for all of your guidance and support through this journey!”
    I just wanted to send you a HUGE thank you for all of your support through this process. I am thrilled with the outcome today and so relieved that this is coming to a close. Thank you for all of your guidance and support through this journey.
    Former Client
  • “I would not hesitate to recommend Courtney Shepard and her team to anyone in need of quality representation in their divorce.”
    “They made the divorce process so much less stressful than it could have been. I would not hesitate to recommend Courtney Shepard and her team to anyone in need of quality representation in their divorce.”
    Former Client
  • “A brilliantly educated pit bull”
    “True brilliance in action is a site to behold. At this point I am comfortable with everything she was able to help me with, and I know that she will be the first call I make, if I have any other future issues that require the courts intervention.”
    Former Client
  • “THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING.”
    I am thankful for a attorney Robert, for his wonderful representation. His professionalism, and the way he carries himself with so much authority and knowledge is making this process run Smoothly. The delay in the process has given my children and I time, space, peace of mind and the healing we needed so much, thank you. God knows the right timing and the right results and He sends us the right persons to work things out. You are all a team of wonderful people. Thank you.
    Former Client

Our FAQ

Have questions? We are here to help. Still have questions or can't find the answer you need? Give us a call at 949-565-4158 today!

  • Direct Numbers Of Additional Community Resources:
    • Parenting Classes and Counseling Referrals, Infolink: 714-955-2255
    • Child Abuse, Child Abuse Registry: 714-938-0505
    • Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence Hotline: 714-992-1931

    For a consultation with an Orange County attorney at the Burch Shepard Family Law Group, call (949) 565-4158 or contact us online.

  • Community Resources:

    A variety of nonprofit social services agencies provide counseling services to divorcing families in the areas of domestic violence, marriage, family and children, and drug and alcohol abuse. Legal assistance is also available. For a list of these community resources, please contact Family Court Services at 714-935-6550.

  • Books To Help Divorcing Parents And Their Children:
    • My Mom and Dad Are Getting a Divorce by Florence Bienenfeld
    • Mom's House, Dad's House by Isolina Ricci, Ph.D.
    • Co-Parenting by Miriam Galper
    • When Living Hurts by Gordon Sol
    • Megan's Book of Divorce: A Kid's Book for Adults by Eric Jong
    • Child Custody: Building Agreements That Work by Mimi E. Lyster
    • The Parental Alienation Syndrome: A Guide for Mental Health and Legal Professionals by Richard A. Gardner, M.D.
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