If you're paying or receiving spousal support in California, you might wonder what happens when one of you remarries. This situation can change your legal responsibilities or entitlements. California has specific rules that deal with remarriage and its effect on...
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Can you change spousal support orders after divorce?
Court orders are binding, but they're not set in stone. Major life events – such as losing a job, facing a serious health crisis or remarrying – can significantly alter a person's financial situation. When these changes occur, the court allows modifications to certain...
How does retirement affect alimony payments in California?
When someone paying alimony retires, it can significantly impact the ongoing payments. In California, the family court may allow for modifications based on retirement, but the process involves several legal considerations. California law on retirement and alimony...
Do you need to request more alimony in your California divorce?
Divorce can be a challenging time, especially when it comes to financial matters. Alimony, also known as spousal support, is one of the key issues that need careful consideration. Understanding when and how to request more alimony can help ensure financial stability...
How does California law handle alimony?
Spousal support may become a divisive issue during divorce. If the temporary alimony order leaves a sour taste in someone's mouth, it may cause efforts for or against it to ramp up. It may help to go into the court process having a basic grasp of how California laws...
Has your life changed? Your support or custody order should change, too.
Life is full of unexpected events, and your life has probably changed a great deal since your divorce. Your child may have different needs. You or your ex may have new jobs or live in a new location. These changes can make your child custody and visitation, child...
Seeking spousal support? Have support for your case.
You've been with your spouse for many years, and you even stepped away from your career to raise your young children. Today, they're older, but you are still at home taking care of them after school and making sure they get to their afterschool activities. Over time,...
4 tips to help you get alimony
With alimony, your goal may be to obtain an income that helps support you while you go back to school or build up your work experience. Alimony helps smooth the gap between your marital income and your income on your own, but it won't ever create equal circumstances....
An attorney protects assets in divorces involving spousal support
Sometimes, it can feel like taking the high road to decide to move through the divorce process without involving attorneys. Unfortunately, trying to end a marriage can be a messy, drawn-out process where emotions run high, leading to compromised decision making....
National alimony reform has not changed California’s law yet
In our law practice, we regularly represent spouses who are divorcing and facing questions of spousal support or alimony, both those spouses who are potential recipients and those who are more likely to pay support. While some other states have recently enacted major...