The other day someone called the Woodland Hills office of The Document People asking for a power of attorney for health (also known as medical directive in Los Angeles County) for his incapacitated father. As much as we would have liked to prepare the document, we had...

Someone asked us a while back about "Poor man's copyright ". Well, that was a method used in the past by using the good old US Postal Service, and maybe even a notary public, to show that a certain material had been in one's possession since a particular time. The...

Part 3. Name Changes for Minors We conclude our three part series on legally changing your name in California by addressing legally changing a minor’s name in California. When it comes to legally changing a minor’s name in California, both parents need to sign the...

Financial Power of Attorney document: you never know when you are going to need it. A Power of Attorney form is a written and notarized document stating that a person, called the principal, gives another one, called the agent (or attorney in fact), the power and...

Missing spouse divorces in California. An alternate way of serving your spouse. We tackled missing spouse divorces in California on this blog before. After proving that a serious effort has been put into finding the missing spouse, the petition can ask the court to...

Legally changing your name in California. Everything you need to know. Part 2. How to Change your Legal Name in Court We continue our three part series on legally changing your name in California. Once you have decided that indeed going through the court is the method...

Copyright protection in California. Everything you need to know. Today we tackle the basics of copyright protection in California, a form of intellectual property law which protects original works by authors, musicians, artists and so on, such as poetry, novels,...

Unveiling our new business postcard. The Document People is your go to place for business services. Document People Woodland Hills unveiling our new business postcard featuring our business services that we are mailing to 4,400+ CPAs and tax preparers in Los Angeles...

Legally changing your name in California. Everything you need to know. Part 1. Usage method vs. Court method Today we start a three part series on legally changing your name in California. Several thousand people change their name in California every year. Whether...

Divorce 101. A series of occasional blogs about divorcing in California. Part 14. Divorce by publication, a.k.a. missing spouse divorce It happens more often that you might think: spouses get separated from one another, without formally going through a divorce, only...