X husband wants to claim one of the non-custodial kids on his tax return to pay back owed child support to me.

He's ALREADY ORDERED to pay you the support, and he hasn't done it. Why should you now believe that AFTER you let him take a tax exemption for one...

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I signed a paper under duress in order to get my son for My Holiday Break is that a legal document.

Impossible to say, without knowing (a) what the document says and (b) what kind of "duress" you were under.

Does child support money need to be spent on the child?

Child support in California is based on the incomes of the parties, until it gets to a VERY high number. The court will NOT micromanage how the...

My husband & I are divorcing after 23 years of marriage. We have 2 daughters (only 1 is a minor) both living with him in our

The earlier answer is only partially correct. Some portion of the assets may be your husband's separate property, and would not be subject to...

What information do I need to sue her for the cost of the divorce because she stopped showing up and interfered with my divorce?

Your ex's sister is not a "party" to the family law case; you can't recover attorney fees, or anything else, from her in the family law case. You...

I am a single father of two children 3 and 5. I have another child from a one night stand this year. We are not a couple.

There are a number of online California child support calculators, which are useful mostly if you're paid a regular w-2 salary or hourly. If...

When I got married in 2003 I owned a home. I live in CA. I married in 2004 Husband not on title. Is this community property?

If you didn't change title on the house, it's your separate property. There may be reimbursible community property INTEREST in the house,...

Why didn't the judge modify the dvro??

Your boyfriend needs to go back to the courthouse and ask for, and pay for, a copy of the current order. If the judge mmade a new order "on the...

My ex husband was ordered to pay spousal support and is refusing.

He can try; the chance that he'll be able to successfully appeal, without an attorney, from a court order made while he didn't have an attorney, is...

When can I reasonably restrict my wife's access to my accounts prior to our divorce?

What is she threatening? There's NO requirement that you continue to permit her to use credit, and it sounds like she already has taken more than...