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Under California law, a couple is separated when one spouse has expressed to the other spouse her or his intent to end the marriage, and the conduct of the spouse is consistent with her or his intent to end the marriage. Separation does not require a decision or a judgment from a judge, but it…
Court Decides When Spousal Support (Alimony) Ends in California When does spousal support end in California? Well, as they say in the legal industry, it depends. Normally, one way that it ends is if the person who is receiving the support remarries. But in settling a divorce case, the parties may agree that the remarriage…
A Possibly Easier Way to get the Other Side to pay for Attorney Fees Family Code section 2030 requires judges to make sure each party in a divorce case has equal access to legal representation. Usually, section 2030 fees will be awarded if, among other things, there is a significant disparity between the income of…
Things Get Out of Hand in L.A. Divorce Trial A husband has succeeded in winning an appeal because the judge did not properly divide the community property assets and debts. But the real story in this case may have been the behavior of the husband’s attorney. The judge referred to it as unprofessional and it’s…
Mom Appeals Order Awarding her $25K per Month in Child Support, and Wins $24,000.00 per month is a lot of money, particularly when it is non-taxable income for child support. When you add it up, it comes out to $2 million a year. But in a California child support case, a mom is getting a…
The Penalties for Violating a California Custody Order California child custody orders are important. Real important. In other words, they are not just recommendations from a court as to how parents should share their child or children. If it’s not your turn to have the kid(s), but you take them anyway, you could be convicted…
Tenacious Mother’s Attorney Able to Get Judge Reversed in Domestic Violence Case California Family Code section 3044 basically requires a judge not to award joint or sole custody to a parent when there has been a finding that the parent perpetrated domestic violence against the other parent within the previous five years. There are seven…
Can I still Get Divorced this Year? If the divorce petition was filed and served before June 30, 2018, the answer is yes Since June 30th was a Saturday, the divorce would have had to have been filed no later than June 29th (since courts are not open on Saturdays) and then served either that…
Wife Attacks Husband but Restraining Order is Denied You would think that a woman who slapped her husband twice in their home and then pushed him and scratched his neck, before grabbing his cell phone out of his pocket and walking or running away before being arrested, would have a domestic violence restraining order entered…
Wife Loses Argument over Alimony Modification and Attorney Fees in San Diego $7,500.00 is a lot of money for alimony (i.e., spousal support) for some people, but this is a case about a woman who settled for that amount in her divorce case but then tried to get even more money later on but lost…