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How Severance Pay Affects Spousal and Child Support
When a spouse is ordered to pay support after a divorce, the calculation is often straightforward if the payor has …
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Can A Spouse’s Failure To Become Self Supporting Warrant A Modification Of Support?
Clients who are paying spousal support often become frustrated if it appears that their exspouse has taken no efforts to …
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California Spousal Support: Your Guide to Section 4320 Eligibility and Factors
Spousal support, also known as alimony, is a critical component of many divorce proceedings in California, designed to ensure financial …
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When A Couple Divorce, Who Gets Custody Of The Dog?
If you supposed custody would be awarded to the individual who fed, walked, groomed, took to the veterinarian, and got …
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What This Case Means to You! Marriage of Williamson
Breach of Fiduciary Duty – In re Marriage of Williamson (2014) 226 Cal.App.4th 1303, 172 Cal.Rptr.3d 699 (6/12/2014) WHEN DOES …
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Marriage of Valli Explained: How Life Insurance Is Treated in California Divorce and Community Property Law
The division of financial assets during a divorce often reveals unexpected legal intricacies, especially with instruments like life insurance policies. …
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What Happens to the Family Home in a Divorce?
As a family law attorney, I find that often one of the first questions a client poses is about what …
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Valuing Community Property When One Party Provides Unreliable Business Records
Pursuant to the California Family Code, California community property is valued or should be valued “as near as practicable to the …
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The Income and Expense Declaration
In nearly every family law matter a financial disclosure form, known as the Income and Expense Declaration (“FL-150”) must be …
