The California Appellate Court recently upheld a spousal support waiver in a pre-nuptial agreement despite the fact that, under current California Law, the provision should be struck down as invalid. In the May 24th, 2011 appellate court decision of In re Marriage of Howell, the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District enforced a […]
A judge’s difficult decision in a North Carolina custody case is garnering national attention and criticism and raising questions of what it means to be an unfit parent. Durham County Judge Nancy Gordan ruled that because Alaina Giorano has Stage IV breast cancer and her prognosis is uncertain, her children, 11 year old Sofia and […]
There is a commonly held perception that hiring a Private Judge to handle a marital dissolution case is something that only the wealthy do. Though there are additional costs incurred in using a Private Judge for Marital Dissolution proceedings, these costs are more than offset by other kinds of cash savings, which can be substantial. […]
When a Santa Clara County Family Court Judge makes a decision regarding custody and/or visitation of a child, the court is required to make a determination based on that child’s best interest. When making the “best interest” determination, the court can consider a wide variety of relevant factors. The court must, however, consider the child’s […]
An article recently published in the Huffington Post discusses a new trend emerging in Hollywood: recently divorced celebrities adopting babies. The list of Hollywood’s recently divorced mothers with newly adopted children is growing. Madonna adopted a child after her split from Guy Ritchie. Sandra Bullock also adopted a child after she divorced Jesse James. Most […]
California family law requires that before child custody and visitation orders are made, a judge must take into consideration what is in the child’s best interest. When a judge is considering what is in the child’s best interest, he or she may look at any factors that are relevant. In addition, the judge must consider […]
The term “sole custody” refers to one of California’s several types of child custody arrangements. A parent with “sole custody” may have sole physical custody, sole legal custody, or exclusive custody. Each type of custody arrangement has unique rights that attach to it. If a parent has sole physical custody, he has exclusive physical custody […]
Summary dissolution is a California divorce procedure that allows couples meeting certain qualifications to divorce quickly and simply. Some of the qualifications for a summary dissolution are discussed below. In order to qualify for summary dissolution, the couple must have been married for no more than five years. Prior to filing for summary dissolution, at […]
California family law is quite complex. For those who are not familiar with the workings of California law, it may be very difficult to differentiate between the terms “premarital agreement,” “marital agreement,” and “marital settlement agreement.” A premarital agreement is a contract that is executed between two prospective spouses. The premarital agreement, or “prenup,” is […]
Generally speaking, spousal support is taxable to the recipient and is deductible by the payor. For example, if you are paying spousal support to your ex-wife the money she receives would be taxable to her as income. Likewise, generally you would be able to deduct it on your tax return. However, you may not be […]
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