Category Archives: Child Support
Can Payments by Family Members, Partners, or a Business Affect California Child Support?
Recurring family gifts, employment benefits, and business-paid personal expenses may affect California child support. Can Payments by Family Members, Partners, or a…
Can Venmo, Zelle, PayPal, and Cryptocurrency Reveal Hidden Income in California Child Support Cases?
Electronic payment records and cryptocurrency transactions may help identify unreported income in California child support cases. Can Venmo, Zelle, PayPal, and Cryptocurrency…
Can a California Court Impute Income to a Parent Who Refuses to Work?
California courts consider a parent's ability and opportunity to work when determining whether to impute income for child support under Family Code…
Do Bonuses, Overtime, and Commissions Count for California Child Support?
California child support calculations generally include bonuses, overtime and commissions. Courts may consider income averaging and the predictability of future earnings under…
How Is Child Support Calculated When a Parent Is Self-Employed in California?
California child support calculations for self-employed parents may require reviewing business income, operating expenses, depreciation and expense add-backs under Family Code section…
What Deductions Reduce Child Support Income in California?
California Family Code section 4059 permits certain deductions when calculating net disposable income for child support, including qualifying insurance premiums, mandatory retirement…
How Does Parenting Time Affect Child Support in California?
California child support calculations consider parenting timeshare, including school, daycare, holidays and actual parental responsibility. How Does Parenting Time Affect Child Support…
What Counts as Gross Income for California Child Support?
California child support calculations may include wages, overtime, bonuses, commissions, rental income, and business earnings. What Counts as Gross Income for California…
How Is Child Support Calculated in California?
California guideline child support is calculated using income, parenting timeshare, tax settings and allowable deductions. How Is Child Support Calculated in California?…
Can a California Court Order Less Than Guideline Child Support
California courts may deviate from guideline child support when the statutory requirements are met and the evidence supports a different amount. Can…
How to Modify Child Support in Riverside, CA? 2026
Families across the nation frequently experience inevitable life changes. These changes often have a financial impact. For instance, the support order you…
How to Modify Child Support or Spousal Support After a Divorce in California?
When one spouse serves the other with divorce papers, it’s often seen as the end of the legal process. However, since life…
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
Key financial considerations to navigate during divorce, from asset division to budgeting for life after separation. Understanding the Financial Impact of Divorce…
What Does Child Support Cover in California?
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
California is one of the most expensive states in the country to raise a child, ranking second only to Hawaii in cost-of-care…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Custodial Timeshare: Daycare & School
There are many factors that the court can consider in making a timeshare determination. A parent’s custodial timeshare percentage can include the time the…
Can Parents Agree on Their Own Child Support Amount in California?
The issue here is whether the agreement is above or below guideline. However, generally the court will not stand in the way…
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