Category Archives: Child Support
How Long Does Child Support Last in Riverside, CA?
An important question to ask is, “How long does child support last in Riverside, CA?” It is one of the most frequently…
Understanding the Financial Impact of Divorce
[caption id="attachment_4718" align="alignnone" width="300"] Key financial considerations to navigate during divorce, from asset division to budgeting for life after separation.[/caption] Understanding the…
What Does Child Support Cover in California? 2025
The legal world of child support can seem overwhelming and emotional, leaving you with questions like, “What does child support cover in…
Average Child Support Payment in California 2025
California is ranked as the second most expensive state for child support, second only to Hawaii. This is primarily due to the…
California Child Support Laws
Determining Child Support in California When determining child support in California, the two primary factors the court will consider is the income of…
Court Rules Husband Must Pay $60,000 in Child Support Arrears
This case involved the enforcement of a 2005 registration of a 2001 Minnesota court order for child support arrears. The Sixth District…
Court Reverses Child Support Order that Penalized Mother for Interference
In this case, the Fourth District partially reversed a San Diego County Commissioner’s child support order that attributed a nonexistent timeshare percentage…
Who has UCCJEA jurisdiction?
This issue often comes up. Which court will have jurisdiction to modify existing court orders. In this case, the 2nd district correctly determines…
Can You Deny Visitation If Child Support Is Not Paid?
Family litigation is complex because it involves emotional distress and even disputes. One of the most common issues that occur between divorced…
SSDI lump sum payments and child support
A Mother and Father were married in 2001; their daughter (C) was born in 2002. The couple separated in 2003 and began dissolution…
How Do I Enforce a Child Support Order?
A child support order is a legal obligation, and there are serious penalties if the non-custodial parent fails to pay. If your…
What is domestic violence? A look at the battered woman (Part 18)
The Battered Woman Unfortunately the unpredictability of the battered woman also manifests in what exactly causes her to leave. Many women leave…
What makes a Person Abusive? (Part 15)
What makes a person abusive? Last time we brought up the idea that abusers are able to tap into multiple personalities and…
What Makes a Person Abusive? (Part 14)
What makes a person abusive? In addition to the study done by the two researchers which identified two main groups…
What is domestic violence? A series on Dr. Bradley’s sourcebook (part 13) What Makes A Person Abusive?
What makes a person abusive? As we have seen so far multiple factors play into a person becoming abusive, and…
What is domestic violence? A series on Dr. Bradley’s sourcebook (part 12) What makes a person abusive?
What makes a person abusive? Although many abusers grow up in homes that are abusive, Dr. Bradley insists that coming…
What is domestic violence? A series on Dr. Bradley’s sourcebook (part 11) What makes a person abusive?
What Makes A Person Abusive? Dr. Bradley starts this chapter off by identifying what she and other experts have seen…
What is domestic violence? A series on Dr. Bradley’s sourcebook (part 10) Learned Helplessness
Another complex taking place within an abusive relationship is what Dr. Seligman, currently a Psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania, identified…
What is domestic violence? A series on Dr. Bradley’s sourcebook (part 9) The Cycle of Violence
The Cycle of Violence The question that most people ask themselves when working with domestic violence is "why"? Our society…
Reliability of Juvenile Witnessess
Recently, I was discussing the holding in In Re I.C with our juvenile dependency attorney Nicole Anderson. Nicole has been practicing…
Recent ruling on domestic violence and restraining orders
Spousal Abuse In Fischer v Fischer. (March 18, 2018) In affirmance, First District holds wife did not intentionally or recklessly cause husband…
Child Visitation
In Ed H. v. Ashley C. (August 24, 2017) In affirmance, Fourth District holds that great-grandparents lack standing to seek visitation with great-grandchildren…
What is domestic violence? A series on Dr. Bradley’s sourcebook (part 7) The Psychology of Domestic Violence
The Psychology of Domestic Violence In this lengthy chapter, Bradley attempts to articulate the problem of domestic violence from a psychological standpoint,…
What is domestic violence? A series on Dr. Bradley’s sourcebook (part 4) The legacy of the O.J Simpson case
The Legacy of the O.J Simpson Case The aftermath of the infamous O.J Simpson case had a tremendous amount of effects concerning…
Personal Jurisdiction
In Hogue vs Hogue (September 29, 2017) Third District finds that husband’s sending video of his mock suicide from Georgia to wife in…
High Wage Earners & When Courts Deviate from the Child Support Guidelines
In a reversal, the Second District held that the trial court must, per Fam C §4056, state on the record its reasons…
Employment Termination & Child Support Obligations
How does child support work if the mother has no job? When it comes to child support obligations, does it matter whether she was…
Did Mother waive child support?
After a lengthy custody battle, where the parents were in and out of court numerous times over the course of a couple…
Are there Equitable Remedies/Defenses to Child Support Arrears?
This is a case that we have been working on this week in anticipation for trial. Father and Mother have a 50/50…
Is the money that Native Americans get from the casino income for support purposes?
Complex questions about spousal and child support related to Native American gaming revenue or lotteries should be answered by a qualified California…
Tax Implications of Divorce
Going through a divorce is never as simple as merely ending a relationship. From having to divide assets to finding the right…
3 Ways to Sabotage Your Own Divorce
Dealing with a divorce is often a difficult and emotional experience, but it's no time to let down your guard. A devious spouse can…
How Do Social Security Payments Received Get Applied to My Child Support Arrears?
The below story and example regards the marriage of Hall and Frencher. In 2003, a trial court ordered Bruce Frencher Sr. to pay…
The Problem with Local Child Support Agencies
The local child support agencies (LCSAs) have groups on their behalf lobbying for laws to make their jobs easier. We cannot necessarily…
Passport Denial for Delinquent Child Support Obligors
One of the harshest enforcement actions the Department of Child Support Services is mandated to take against delinquent child support obligors is to report…
How Could Bankruptcy Affect My Divorce?
Nothing complicates a divorce or family law proceeding like a bankruptcy filing. The bankruptcy can be filed by the obligor or the obligee. Regardless of…
Hardship Deductions in California Child Support Cases
People think it is automatic – you have other children and so you get a hardship for those kids in calculating child support,…
Marriage Presumption
What is the Marriage Presumption? What most people think is routine or normal, is not necessarily normal in the family law court. Incredible fact…
Social Security and Child Support
Not All Social Security Benefits Are the Same. Family Code section 4058 broadly defines income “from whatever source derived.” And in its…
POP Declaration and Your Options
You have been sued for paternity and child support by your local child support agency (LCSA). You get served with the paperwork, you recognize the woman…
DCSS Has Attorneys…..Do You?
DCSS Has Attorneys Representing Them, So Should You! “It is quite simple….., you just input the numbers in a computer program and…
Health Insurance Assignment Order
It wasn’t bad enough that your wages were garnished. Now your employer is telling you that another chunk of your salary is…
I Want to Change Custody
Many times parents want to change primary custody of the children as opposed to modifying visitation. Statutory and case law makes changing custody much more difficult than…
Attorney Jeremy Roark
The Edgar & Dow is proud and excited to announce that Attorney Jeremy Roark will take over the day to day operations of…
What Is the UCCJEA?
The purpose of the UCCJEA is to allow states to determine which states has jurisdiction regarding custody and visitation and for the court to determine who…
Can A Party Stop A Divorce?
If one party files for a dissolution of marriage, the other party can not stop it unless there is a mutual agreement for…
Effect of Rent Free Housing On Child Support.
The impact of a parent’s mortgage-free or rent-free housing on his or her living expenses and resources may warrant a special circumstances…
Imputed Income For Child Support
In line with a substantial body of case law on the subject, Fam.C. § 4058 vests trial courts with discretion to consider a parent’s earning…
Fluctuating or Seasonal Income
To arrive at “monthly net disposable income,” the annual net disposable income figure (above) is normally divided by 12. [Fam.C. § 4060; Marriage of…
Are Recurring Gifts Treated As Income?
One-Time Gifts Are Not Usually Treated As Income for Child Support By analogy to tax law, which excludes gifts and inheritances from…
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