Surviving a Separated Holiday Season
The Challenges of Co-Parenting One of the most challenging aspects of co-parenting is spending holidays without your child; coinciding with that difficulty is the fear that your child will suffer because of your absence or because of fighting between co-parents when the holiday season arrives. As we enter the holiday season, if you are co-parenting, […]
Cohabitation and Domestic Violence: The Basic Facts
Beyond the Bounds of Marriage Cohabitation means living with someone without any marital or domestic partnership status. Cohabiting couples are growing increasingly more common in America; in fact, according to the Pew Research Center, 59% of adults have cohabited with a partner at some point during their lifetimes. When partners cohabit, they do not have […]
Calculating California Child Support
A Complex Formula Made Understandable Determining how much child support should be paid by one parent is an incredibly important part of any divorce, and many wonder what their child support payments may look like before that step is ever reached in divorce. California Family Code Section 4055 includes a formula to be used when […]
Does Child Support End?
Circumstances When Payments May Cease It is the duty of a parent to support their children regardless of marital status, yet there are circumstances when child support payments may be terminated. Should one of these conditions be met, the obligor will no longer be required to make child support payments. Read on to learn what […]
Protecting Your Children From Domestic Violence
Know That There Is Hope Domestic violence can occur in all relationships. And regardless of the type of relationship it occurs in, the effects are always the same. Domestic violence leads to physical and psychological trauma for the victim. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that one in four women and one in […]
The Costs of Drafting a Prenuptial Agreement
Prenuptial agreements, commonly referred to as prenups, are contracts between prospective spouses that list each spouse’s assets and then list what will happen to those assets in the case of a divorce. A prenup becomes effective once the prospective spouses are married. A critical aspect of a marital relationship is that it is an economic […]
Health Insurance and Child Support
Ensuring Proper Coverage The topic of healthcare coverage is one that is often debated, and this area of discourse extends into how minor children are covered. The California Legislature ultimately enacted legislation and authorized California courts to consider the health insurance coverage of a child in child support determinations. Here is what you need to […]
Child Support and Relocation
Out-Of-State Child Support Every parent regardless of marital status has the responsibility to provide for their children. If you have been ordered to pay child support, those payments are not optional. What if one parent decides to move out of state? What happens to those child support payments? Here is what you need to know […]
Gabby Petito, Domestic Violence and Escaping Abusive Relationships
Gabby Petito’s Story Gabrielle Petito’s tragic story has unfolded on the national stage over the past few weeks. Gabby was engaged to her high school sweetheart Brian Laundrie. Gabby and Brian purchased a van and began traveling across the country in the van, visiting various national parks and sharing aspects of their adventures on social […]
Modifying a Child Support Order
When Circumstances Necessitate a Change After a judge orders child support, the life circumstances of either party named may change to the point where the order needs to be updated. Modifying a child support order is certainly a possibility, but in order to do so, you must meet specific requirements. Here is what you need […]