Terms of Service

This Terms of Service Agreement ("Agreement") is a legal agreement between you and The Divorce Forum™, and governs your access to The Divorce Forum™ web site ("Site") and your use of The Divorce Forum's™ content and services on the Site ("Services").

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE OR THE SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE. YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IS INDICATED BY ACCESSING OUR WEB SITE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AT ANY TIME, YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP ALL USE OF THE SERVICE.

We may change, modify, add or remove all or any part of this Agreement at any time, and such modification will be effective immediately upon it being published on the Site. You agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and any modifications, for as long as you continue to access the Site or Services.

The materials at the Site are provided for informational purposes only. The Divorce Forum™ does not provide medical, legal, psychological, or professional advice of any kind, and the materials are not to be used as such. Your viewing these materials does not create a patient-client relationship between you and The Divorce Forum™. You should not act upon the information contained in the Site without seeking independent professional advice.

The materials do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Divorce Forum™. The Divorce Forum™ does not assume liability for any of the content of the material presented on the Site. The Divorce Forum™ does not endorse or recommend any theory, approach, procedure, treatment or product that may be mentioned on our Site. The decision to rely on information found on the Site or on a linked website is solely at your own risk. The Divorce Forum™ accepts no liability for injury or damage resulting from your decision to use any product, information or instruction found on the Site or on sites linked to the Site.

The Site may contain links to other resources on the Internet. Those links are provided to help you identify and locate other Internet resources of potential interest. Those links are not intended to imply that The Divorce Forum™ sponsors or has any control over the information in any linked material, or is associated with or authorized to use any trade name, trademark or symbol that may be reflected in the links. Because The Divorce Forum™ has no control over such sites, resources and sponsors, you understand and agree that The Divorce Forum™ is not responsible for the availability of such sites, resources and sponsors, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, products or services available from such sites, resources and sponsors.

In consideration of being permitted to access the Site and participate in any of its activities, you agree that you and your heirs, distributees, guardians, legal representatives, executors, administrators and assigns, will not assert any claim against, sue, attach the property of, or prosecute The Divorce Forum™ or any of its officers, directors, agents, employees, contractors, information providers, licensors, licensees, affiliates, subsidiaries and any other partners and representatives for any injury, death or property damage occurring to you as a result of your accessing the Site or participating in any activities, whether caused by The Divorce Forum's™ negligence or otherwise. You and your heirs, distributees, guardians, legal representatives, executors, administrators and assigns, will indemnify, defend and hold harmless The Divorce Forum™ and all of its officers, directors, agents, employees, contractors, information providers, licensors, licensees, affiliates, subsidiaries and any other partners and representatives from any and all such claims or demand, including reasonable attorney's fees and related costs, by whomever made and wherever presented.

Copyright in this site is owned by The Divorce Forum™ Limited; all rights are reserved. Copyright in articles may also be owned by the individual authors. [You may (1) read all material at this site, (2) download any articles for your personal use only, in electronic form but not for reproduction in any other form, provided you retain all copyright notices with the article.]

You acknowledge that the Service contains information, photographs, audio and video clips, graphics, images, links and other material, including but not limited to proprietary and confidential information, copyrights, patents and trademarks (collectively referred to as the "Content").

All such Content is protected by all applicable copyright laws, international conventions or treaties, and any other intellectual property or proprietary laws, and, unless in the public domain, is owned by The Divorce Forum™ or its licensors and licensees, whether or not such rights are expressly identified in, or in connection with, such Content. No license to use any of the Content is given or implied without the respective owner's prior written consent. Any use of the Content or its related software, in whole or in part, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, redistribution, transmission, retransmission, republication, display or performance, of such Content or its related software is otherwise strictly prohibited.

Except for Content that is in the public domain, you agree not to copy, exploit, duplicate, modify, publish, transmit, transfer, distribute, perform, display, sell, loan, rent, reverse engineer (if applicable), or create any derivative works from, in whole or in part, any Content or Service without the prior written permission from the owner of such Content. Notwithstanding the above, you may download and make copies of the Content and other downloadable items displayed on this Site only for your personal, non-commercial use, but only if you maintain on such copies all applicable copyright and other notices appearing in, or in connection with, such Content. You are also responsible for complying with any other use restriction required by third party owners of such Content. You assume all risk and responsibility for determining whether any Content is in the public domain.

YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALL CONTENT, SOFTWARE, FUNCTIONS, MATERIALS AND INFORMATION, IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, AND SUCH SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, The Divorce Forum™ AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, LICENSEES, LICENSORS AND AFFILIATES MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER FOR THE CONTENT ON THE SITE, FOR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE OR LINKS TO THIRD PARTIES, OR FOR ANY BREACH OF SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF ANY SENSITIVE INFORMATION THROUGH THE SITE OR ANY LINKED WEB SITE.

The Divorce Forum™ AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, LICENSEES, LICENSORS AND AFFILIATES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY WORKS.

The Divorce Forum™ DOES NOT WARRANT OR REPRESENT THAT (a) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (b) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (c) ANY RESULTS OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (d) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, CONTENT OR ANY OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, (e) ANY ERRORS OR DEFECTS IN THE SERVICE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED, and (f) THE SITE AND RELATED SYSTEM AND SERVICE IS FREE OF VIRUSES AND OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIALS.

NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM The Divorce Forum™ OR ITS SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY, UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT.

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT The Divorce Forum™ SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE OF THE SERVICE OR CONTENT, ACCESS TO SITE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF The Divorce Forum™ WAS ADVISED OF SUCH POSSIBILITY, OR IF SUCH LOSS WAS FORESEEABLE IN ANY WAY, IF RELATED TO: (a) USE OR INABILITY TO USE SERVICE, (b) COST OF PROCUREMENT OR SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED, MESSAGES RECEIVED, OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE SERVICE, (c) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, (d) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE, (e) THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, RELIABILITY, CURRENTNESS, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, SUITABILITY, USEFULNESS OR APPLICABILITY OF ANY CONTENT, or (f) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT.

YOU AGREE THAT The Divorce Forum™ IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OR LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY UNLAWFUL, HARASSING, DEFAMATORY, ABUSIVE, THREATENING, HARMFUL, VULGAR, OFFENSIVE, OBSCENE, SEXUALLY EXPLICIT OR OTHERWISE OBJECTIONABLE CONDUCT, SPEECH OR COMMUNICATION OF ANY THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SERVICE, OR FOR ANY INFRINGEMENT OR VIOLATION OF ANY THIRD PARTY'S RIGHTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY OR PRIVACY.

Miscellaneous Terms

This Agreement is governed, and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Except for The Divorce Forum's™ claim for injunctive relief in any court having jurisdiction, you and The Divorce Forum™ agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Los Angeles County. You and The Divorce Forum™ waive any defense of an inconvenient forum and any right of jurisdiction on account of the place of residence or domicile. If any provision under this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions will continue in full force without being impaired or invalidated in any way. The Divorce Forum's™ failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The Divorce Forum™ may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement at any time and without notice to you.