How long does it take to get temporary spousal support order in Santa Clara County?

You have to file a request for order and get a hearing date. If you are in Gilroy, you will be filing in Morgan Hill, which generally sets hearings...

Date of divorce with mediation and MSA getting filed, needs to be by a certain date- advice please

You can bifurcate the status of marriage. If you do a judgment on status only, those tend to get processed faster than judgments with property...

My X has a restraining order on me, but is still supposed to share my daughters medical and school info?

You may be able to seek a modification in visitation. You will have to write something telling the judge what you want changed and why. Hiring a...

If I have a court order for retroactive child support in my favor; how do I get a court order for it from my ex spouse?

I would look closely at the current order. Generally it would be retroactive to the date of filing the request or possibly the date of filing the...

I need help to file child support against my sons father.

I would suggest going to your local self-help center. You will have to file a parentage action because you are not married and you will have to...

Supplemental Declaration

You can file a supplemental declaration at least two days before the hearing. Judges have limited time to review your pleadings so I would only...

The court can order you to work full-time through a seek work order. Some judges have been inclined to order this in Santa Clara county, others are...

If I file for annulment rather than divorce will I have to pay back taxes that were filed jointly when we were married?

In brief, annulment will make your marriage as though it never happened. This can be an advantage if you have significantly more assets or income...

I need to file a divorce? I live in Los Angeles but I was married in Texas. How should I go about it?

So long as you meet the residency requirement of 6 months in California and 3 months in the county you are in, you are fine to file in California....

What are the implications of the petitioner leaving an asset out of her preliminary declaration FL-142?

Honest mistakes happen all the time. If that is the case you can amend the preliminary declaration of disclosure and you should be fine. All you...