When you finalize your child support agreement in California, you might think the monthly payment covers everything your child needs. Many parents focus on the monthly child support amount after a divorce, but that number doesn't cover everything. California law...
When you see divorce depicted on television, you see bitter court battles over money and teenagers acting out in response to their new life. But this dramatization does not need to be your reality. Many ex-spouses successfully co-parent and raise happy, well-adjusted...
When divorce is on the horizon, your top priority is undoubtedly the welfare of your children. You want to make sure you can take care of them properly and child support will certainly be a factor. Until you and your spouse decided to end your marriage, you probably...
When one spouse is unable to financially self-support after divorce, California may order the other spouse to pay spousal support. Sometimes called alimony, spousal support is usually a temporary order that helps the lower-earning partner pursue education or job...
Having a child custody order for your children can be rather complex. You have to pay close attention to the terms so that you know what is supposed to happen. It is imperative that both parents abide by the terms in the agreement so that there isn't any need for...
Financial obligations that are set during a divorce must be followed as they are ordered. You can't decide that you aren't going to pay child support just because you want to spend the money on your own needs. Not abiding by the child support order can make things...
When you are going through a divorce, the topic of support payments might come up. There are two types of these payments that you have to think about – spousal and child. These serve different purposes, but there is a chance that you will have to pay for both of...
Child support payments serve an important purpose for both parents. For the paying parent, this is a way that they can provide for their children even though they aren't there physically on a daily basis. For the parent who receives the payments, they might take some...
Child support payments aren't usually a favorite topic for the men and women who have to make these payments. In some cases, allegations about what the money is being used for are passed about. The money is meant to be used on a variety of expenses that pertain to the...
We recently discussed some of the steps divorced parents must take when their children are going back to school. One of the aspects of the back-to-school season is that children have the added expense of school supplies. This is on top of regular expenses that the...