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Considering legal separation in California? Learn the essential steps and understand how legal separation laws in California work. This guide covers filing requirements, financial support, and custody arrangements. Key Takeaways Legal separation in California allows couples to live apart while remaining legally married, facilitating the division of property, debts, and financial support without the permanence […]

Effective September 1, 2024, Family Law Code §4061(a) is amended to require that parents share child support add-ons based on their relative net incomes after payment of support and taxes. Currently, parents are generally ordered to share 50/50 all add-ons for child support, such as uninsured medical expenses and childcare costs. The court has the […]

California guideline child support is calculated through the use of the Dissomaster software. In Los Angeles and Orange Counties, the court uses the Santa Clara as county. The factors that are important to this calculation includes the parents’ timeshare with the child, each parent’s gross monthly earning, each parent’s tax filing status, healthcare insurance premium […]

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Sometime it is not enough for former spouses to enter into a divorce decree to determine their support obligation and divide their assets and debts, one must be able to collect on the money orders/judgments. It is not unusual that people evade their legal responsibility to pay support or pay out the former spouse. Below […]

What do Social Security disability benefits have to do with family law? Before we discuss how social security benefits may affect a divorce or support case, first we must distinguish the types of Social Security benefits.  There are two basic types: one is an insurance claim and the other is a welfare program.  The insurance […]

With various publications about a prenuptial agreement and what it can do to protect spouses in a divorce such as this article, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/perfi/basics/2010-03-08-prenups08_CV_N.htm, many people believe that a prenuptial or premarital agreement is the answer to their financial worries.  However, there is a general misconception about the purpose and legal force of a prenuptial agreement in […]

Guideline child support can be modified up or down depending each parent’s respective income, tax deductions and the timeshare arrangement for the child(ren).  The California guideline child support calculator can be found at https://www.cse.ca.gov/ChildSupport/cse/guidelineCalculator. If you are a custodial parent who seeks to increase child support, the most important thing to find out is whether […]

Paternity litigation refers to disputes concerning the identity of a child’s father.  For mothers, establishing paternity is the first step to enforcing a father’s obligations to the child, including payments of child support. For fathers, establishing paternity is the first step to seeking custody and visitations rights.  There are various ways of establishing paternity (or parentage) but below […]