Questions About Frances Bean Cobain Having to Pay $48,000 in Temporary Spousal Support
Children of the 80’s and 90’s may remember Frances Bean Cobain best as perhaps one of the most famous rock star children ever. Born in 1992 to Hole singer Courtney Love and Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain - who was the most talked-about musician on the planet at the time...
In a Divorce, Which Parent Gets to Decide the Child’s Religious Upbringing?
For many parents, exposing their child to religion (or avoiding it altogether) is one of the most important aspects of parenthood. When parents are divorced and the parents have different ideas on what sort of religious services and ideas that the child should be...
LGBT: Gender Identity and Marriage Laws
The concept of gender identity - the inner, personal experience one has of gender, which may or may not be aligned with the present physical or biological markers of gender - has been with us for a very long time, but it is only in recent years that society is openly...
Questions about the Scorned Bride Who Sold Her Wedding Dress on Ebay
In late August, one of the biggest trending stories on social media was that of a UK woman who sold her wedding dress on Ebay to allegedly fund her share of the cost of the divorce proceedings after her husband, who had left her for another woman, apparently left her...
What to Expect from a Court-Mandated Mediation for Child Custody
If you’ve been ordered by a California family law court to attend a child custody mediation program or “child custody recommended counseling” program (we’ll refer to both as “mediation” in this article), you’re probably wondering what to expect. After all, your...
What is a Postnuptial Agreement and How Do I Know if I Need One?
Prenuptial agreements have been a hot topic for decades, but less talked about it the concept of a postnuptial agreement. It used to be the case that prenuptial agreements – which are agreements entered into by spouses prior to marriage which decides how finances between the spouses should work out in the case of a divorce – were looked on with disdain in some circles, but people have increasingly seen them as a positive way for potential spouses to work together to avoid the expense, drama, and potential ugliness of a divorce trial.
If I Get 50/50 Custody, Do I Need to Pay Child Support?
Determining which parents have legal and physical custody of a child and what, if any, child support is to be paid are often issues that are both worked out during a divorce proceeding, or, if the parents were never married, may nevertheless be established in court at around the same time. Parents who are negotiating between themselves on these issues – or just “discussing” the issues of custody and support more informally – are often confused as to how these two issues impact each other under California law. In fact, one of the more common questions that parents seeking joint custody (or “50/50 custody”) is whether either parents would need to pay child support in light of the shared custody arrangement.
Do I Need a Lawyer to Get a Child Support Modification?
If you’ve been collecting child support payments for the care of a child from another parent but still not making ends meet, or perhaps your child is not enjoying the financial security he or she should have based on the current economic stability of the other parent, you may be entitled to a modification in your child support payment. Or perhaps you have been paying child support to another parent, and either your situation or their situation has changed such that it no longer makes sense to pay the same rate you’ve been paying. Naturally, you are probably dealing with financial struggles which are at the very heart of your need for a child support modification, and so you might ask the question of whether you need to hire a lawyer in order to obtain the child support modification you are seeking.
Is There a Statute of Limitations On Seeking Child Support?
If you are taking care of a child and the other parent of the child is not providing financial support for that child, then you may be wondering what your options are in California for seeking child support. Oftentimes, child support is awarded as part of a divorce proceedings or around the time the child is born, but a parent may not have pursued child support for any number or reasons, such as
How to Modify Your Spousal Support Amount
In California, a final spousal support amount (which is separate from any temporary spousal support ordered during the divorce process) will be awarded as part of the final divorce order entered by the judge. The amount and duration of this award could have been reached by the judge or through an agreement between the parties, but regardless of how the amount was reached, the payor spouse is required to pay that amount of spousal support to the payee spouse per the terms of the order.