Can I legally change the locks since my husband has now abandoned the home?

The cleanest way to do this is for you to file an RFO (Request for Order-Form FL-300) with the court demanding the temporary sole possession and...

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Between child support for Husband's new girlfriend and temporary spousal support for Wife of 20+ yrs, which gets precedence?

I'm assuming he is living with his own children so the support he pays is not child support but a hardship deduction. The problem lies in him not...

What should I do? I only have until Friday before he arrives in state.

You need to file either divorce or legal separation in conjunction with temporary domestic violence restraining order.

My wife has filed for a restraining order in family law court. I have criminal conviction with a gun

If it is relevant to the issues she is alleging to constitute DV then the answer yes. If the conviction is not closely related to the allegations...

1. I want to get a divorce in California. Will my college loans/credit accrued during our marriage be divided between us?

No the rule of thumb is that educational loans are the separate debt of the person who reaped the benefit of the education.

Unfortunately VE is considered discovery and I would file a motion with the court to extend the discovery deadline to conduct the Vocational Eval

I want to change my daughter's last name to my fiance last name

If there are no orders for joint legal custody, you can simply file the Petition for name change and publish the notice in a court- approved...

Before you submit the judgment package, did you request to enter default? Without the request to enter default FL-165 and filing the declaration re...

If it is only temporary orders, just do not show up for the hearing and it will be automatically cancelled.

Moving divorce case from OC to LA

File a motion to change venue from OC to LA; I believe that it would be hard to get it though since the two courts are basically close to each other.