Depreciation Deductions & Child or Spousal Support
How Do Depreciation Deductions Enter into Child or Spousal Support? If you own a business or a rental property, you are probably used to taking depreciation deductions. These are applied against your annual income on your federal and California state tax returns. These depreciation deductions lower your income for tax purposes. When calculating your income […]
How Is Child Support Paid in California?
How Is Child Support Paid in California? In California, child support is based on each parent’s net disposable monthly income and the amount of time the child will be cared for by each parent. The court considers each parent’s income from all sources, whether or not it is reported or taxed under federal and state […]
When Child Visitation Schedules Change, So Can Your Support Payments
When Child Visitation Schedules Change, So Can Your Support Payments A parent can retroactively get credit for child support payments they paid to an ex-spouse who no longer takes care of their child through Jackson Credits When couples with children go through divorce or otherwise separate, they must establish a plan with the court. This […]
COVID-19 – Guidelines for Parents Sharing Child Custody
COVID-19 – Guidelines for Parents Sharing Child Custody Sharing your children during even normal times is often stressful for divorced and separated parents. Under the current conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic, child sharing is bound to create even more stress and concern. The key to weathering this storm, I believe, calls for three behaviors: […]
What Is the Child Support Exception for High-Income Earners?
What Is the Child Support Exception for High-Income Earners? California’s statewide uniform guideline stipulates the amount of child support to be paid. This is based on each parent’s net disposable monthly income and the amount of time the child will be cared for by each parent. There are some exceptions to the statewide uniform guideline, […]
Child Support – What Happens When Your Oldest Child Is No Longer Eligible?
Child Support – What Happens When Your Oldest Child Is No Longer Eligible? When getting a divorce and discussing how much child support will be paid, the supporting parent may assume that when the first child is no longer eligible, their child support payment can be cut in half. That is not how the court […]
Can Adult Children Sue for Unpaid Child Support?
Can Adult Children Sue for Unpaid Child Support? If you are an adult child, can you successfully sue your parent for unpaid child support? The answer is, “It depends.” Technically, child support is owed from one of your parents to the other parent, to help raise the child. Child Support is not a debt owed […]
Technology that Really Helps with Co-parenting
Our Family Wizard Technology that Really Helps with Co-parenting Many couples today are deciding on a co-parenting agreement, where each parent maintains shared responsibility for the child’s upbringing. Co-parenting enables parents to have somewhat equal influence in the child’s life. A co-parenting arrangement can be challenging, however, especially when parents live busy time-pressured lives, or […]
Vocational Examination when Ex Spouse is Minimizing Income
Here’s How a Vocational Examination for Your Ex-Spouse Can Help With Your Child Support Payments What should you do if your child’s other parent refuses to maximize their income by declining appropriate work, so that they can receive more child support from you? Ask the court to order that they take a vocational examination. A […]
Who gets the Embryo?
Who gets the Embryo? Update: This post was written in May 2017. In August 2018 we added an updated opinion and new blog post More and more couples turn to IVF as a form of assisted reproduction. As a result, an area of litigation involving who gets the embryos is growing. Excess embryos are created […]
