One of the most important aspects of divorce and legal separation, whether contested or uncontested, is ensuring that the proper facilities are in place to ensure that your spouse and child are in good financial condition after your separation.
Having good financial support ensures that your spouse and your children can live whilst adequately provided for. For children, child support helps them with essential needs like housing, education, medical care, and day-to-day expenses, especially with the changes in family dynamics.
For spouses, spousal support or alimony, temporary or long-term, helps balance any differences in earnings until both parties are financially independent. This is especially crucial especially when your spouse has been financially dependent on you, performing other mom-monetary tasks like caregiving.
If you’re looking for a child support and alimony attorney near you, Matevosyan Law Group’s child support lawyers are up to the task. We’re an empathetic family law firm in Riverside, committed to providing family-centered, supportive legal representation as well as expansive child support and alimony services that meet your unique needs.
Over the years, we have advocated for families in Riverside County with a focus on achieving fair and sustainable support outcomes on contested and uncontested divorce cases. Our approach is to put you and your child’s needs at the forefront – creating a nurturing environment for you and your loved ones.
Child Support
During a divorce or legal separation, it is easy to forget that children are involved if one party mainly contributes to their upbringing. Child support laws are created to ensure that the welfare of a child, formed as a direct or indirect relationship between the parents, is taken care of and supported.
Guideline for Child Support
In California, there are laid out guidelines to ensure that a reasonable amount is paid for child support per the parents’ earnings. This is to ensure that your child(ren) is/are taken care of and their needs are met.
According to California’s guidelines, child support is calculated using each parent’s income (gross and net disposable) and the timeshare with each parent. The formula also takes into account other children not from this relationship for which child support is paid and deductions for certain expenses such as health insurance, required union dues, mandatory retirement, etc.
The norm is that the higher-earning parent typically ends up paying child support to the lower-earning parent. However, in some situations, the decision changes from the norm where the lower-earning parent must pay child
support instead based on the large discrepancy in timeshare. It is important to speak to your divorce attorney to understand these situations and where or if it applies to you.
Modification of Child Support
When big financial changes happen in the parents’ livesproviding and receiving child support, the amount of child support paid can be modified. These include changes in income, time spent with each parent, loss of a job, promotion at work, or unexpected financial obligations.
At Matevosyan Law Group, our team of child support lawyers is experienced in helping our clients present a strong case for modification.
We apply our legal guidance and wealth of experience in several child support cases to help you modify child support payments in ways that benefit your child or children.
Spousal Support
In the case of spousal support or alimony, this is agreed upon during or after divorce or by mutual agreement. In some instances, a judge decides alimony after divorce litigation if the parties don’t agree on a temporary spousal support amount or if the parties have not gone through court to obtain a temporary support order. The main goal of alimony is to help one spouse transition financially after the divorce. Spousal support mainly covers living expenses for the spouse, whether or not children are involved.
Guideline Spousal Support
With spousal support, it can be ruled as temporary or long-term.
Temporary spousal support is awarded during the divorce process. This ensures that the spouse who earns less or not at all is financially stable while the divorce case is pending or ongoing. It is calculated based on local guidelines and helps spouses manage their financial needs until the divorce is final.
Long-Term Marriage and Family Code Section 4320 Factors
Long-term alimony is a part of the final divorce settlement. It also considers factors outlined in California’s Family Code Section 4320. Some of these factors include how long the marriage lasted, how much each spouse makes, what the standard of living was during the marriage, and what contributions were made by each spouse towards the other spouse’s attainment of an education or training.
Long-term spousal support is created to ensure that there is a fair financial arrangement after the divorce. Its duration is also tied to how long the marriage lasted and other relevant circumstances.
The court generally has discretion in setting the amounts for spousal support, though numerous factors are taken into consideration.
To understand more about your rights to spousal support, the Matevosyan Law Group’s alimony lawyers are available to help you. We provide expert guidance tailored to your unique needs to get you what is due to you and begin the next phase of your life.
Modification of Spousal Support
Just as child support can be modified, spousal support can also be modified. This ensures that the payer and recipient can see changes in alimony when significant financial circumstances occur.
At Matevosyan Law Group, our team of alimony attorneys is experienced in helping our clients present a strong case for modification. We apply our legal guidance and wealth of experience in spousal support cases to help you modify alimony payments in ways that benefit you.
Divorce is only the beginning of what may seem like a never-ending battle, but with the right team, you can easily find a clear path forward and have a partner who takes charge of a difficult situation. Matevosyan Law Group is committed to achieving fair and effective child support and spousal support (alimony) agreements to ensure that a suitable standard of living is possible after separation.
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