Can’t Condone a Cheating Spouse Then Ask for Annulment of Marriage
Oct 04, 2019
In the case of In re Marriage of Goodwin-Mitchell and Mitchell, Wife helped her Jamaican first husband obtain his green card, their marriage ended in divorce. In January 2015, she met another Jamaican...
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Marrying Someone from Outside of US May Obligate You to Support Them
Aug 04, 2017
A California Appellate Court has ruled that a Trial Court was wrong when it declined to enforce form I-864 (affidavit of support of immigrant by sponsor) in a divorce action because Wife made insuffic...
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High Earner Has to Pay Same Child Support Despite Decrease in His Income
Dec 09, 2016
A California Court of Appeals has ruled that Trial Court was wrong in reducing the child support obligation of a high earner where salary reduction did not materially impair his ability to pay current...
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Woman Who Had Sex With Minor Not Entitled To Spousal Support
Dec 09, 2016
A California Court of Appeals has ruled that a trial court properly denied spousal support to Mother who inflicted domestic violence on her children and caused them psychological damage through her co...
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Trial Court can award child support less than guideline support despite Father's high income.
Oct 29, 2016
A California Court of Appeals has ruled that a Trial Court was not wrong by awarding child support which was less than the guideline support where Trial Court’s order took into account Father’s extrem...
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Custody Should Not be Awarded to Perpetrator of Domestic Violence
Oct 02, 2016
In reversal, a California Court of Appeals has ruled that Trial Court was wrong in maintaining a 50-50 timeshare after awarding Mother sole legal and sole physical custody of Children due to Father’s ...
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Parental Rights of Father Terminated for Abandoning His Child
Aug 27, 2016
In the case of In re A.B., Mother and Father met in November of 2005. They lived together for four years, during which Father used both alcohol and pot. When Mother learned that she was pregnant, she ...
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California Governor Has Signed a New Bill that Defines Date of Separation in Divorce Cases.
Jul 29, 2016
Governor, Jerry Brown, has signed California Senate Bill 1255 which defines date of separation in divorce cases. This new Legislation will be effective January 1, 2017, and will apply retroactively to...
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Parent Wanting to Change Custody Must Show Changed Circumstances
Jul 16, 2016
A California Court of Appeals has ruled that Trial Court was not wrong in finding that lack of changed circumstances defeated Mother’s request for change of custody. It further held that prior Judge's...
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A Child Can Have Three Parents
Apr 16, 2016
A California Court of Appeals has ruled that a Trial Court was wrong in finding that a child would suffer no detriment if another man was not recognized as the child’s third parent under California Fa...
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