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Divorce Mediation in Rohnert Park
Divorce in Rohnert Park doesn't need to mean a year-long court process, $40,000 in legal fees, and a resolution that neither party had any control over. For most Rohnert Park families, divorce mediation produces a faster, less expensive, and more durable outcome—handled privately, ten minutes up the freeway at Marla Keenan-Rivero's Santa Rosa office, by a 24-year family law attorney who understands exactly how Sonoma County courts handle the financial and custody issues Rohnert Park families face.
Why Choose Marla
Rohnert Park divorces frequently involve CALPERS pension division—one of the most technically demanding issues in California family law and one that many mediators don't handle with the necessary precision. Marla's 24 years of family law litigation mean she knows the Time Rule calculation, the Domestic Relations Order requirements CALPERS imposes, and the options available when dividing a pension alongside other retirement accounts. She also understands the financial profile of Rohnert Park families more broadly: SSU employment, appreciated real estate purchased in the late 1990s or early 2000s, and dual-income households navigating support calculations that require more than a guideline formula.
Service Details
Rohnert Park divorce mediation covers the full dissolution process: property division including CALPERS and other retirement accounts, home equity, and any business interests; child custody and detailed parenting plans; and child and spousal support. Available at Marla's Santa Rosa office (10 minutes from Rohnert Park) or via secure video. Sessions produce a Marital Settlement Agreement reviewed by each party's attorney before submission to Sonoma County Superior Court.
How does divorce mediation handle CALPERS pension division?
CALPERS division in a divorce requires two things that Marla addresses precisely: first, calculating the correct community property share using the Time Rule (service during marriage ÷ total service × benefit); and second, drafting the agreement language with enough specificity to support a Domestic Relations Order that CALPERS will accept. Most DRO disputes arise from vague settlement language. Marla's mediation agreements are drafted to prevent those disputes before they arise.
We have two kids in Rohnert Park schools. How does mediation handle custody when we both plan to stay local?
Staying local is the best possible foundation for a mediated parenting plan. Marla helps both parents build a custody schedule and decision-making framework tailored to your children's specific schools, activities, and routines in Rohnert Park—not a generic template. Because both parents designed it together, it's more likely to work in practice and less likely to require future court modification.
What is included in a Rohnert Park divorce mediation agreement?
A comprehensive Marital Settlement Agreement covers: all real and personal property and how it is divided; all debts and their allocation; child custody and parenting plan if there are minor children; child support calculation and agreed amount; spousal support amount and duration if applicable; and provisions for tax filing, health insurance, and any other relevant matters. Marla ensures the agreement is complete enough that nothing significant is left to resolve after the divorce is final.
Call Now for Divorce Mediation in Rohnert Park
Call (707) 525-8800 or email Tidwell@perrylaw.net.
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