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A request to reduce spousal support in California should be filed in situations where you can show a material change of circumstances since the date of the last spousal support order.
Family Code § 3651(a) provides that, with specified exceptions,
“a support order may be modified or terminated at any time as the court determines to be necessary.”
An order for spousal support may not be modified or terminated, however, if the parties have so agreed in a written agreement or in an oral agreement entered into in open court pursuant to Family Code § 3651(d).
The California Courts of Appeal have ruled in published decisions that a modification of spousal support is justified when the moving party has met their burden of demonstrating a material change of circumstances, since the last order was issued, in the relevant factors that affect need and ability to pay. A material change of circumstances is justified in situations where there has been a reduction or increase in the ability of the supporting spouse to pay and/or in situations where there has been a reduction or increase in the needs of the supported spouse. The trial court has very broad discretion in determining if a material change of circumstances exists.
Family Code § 4336(a) states in pertinent part that,
“Except on written agreement of the parties to the contrary or a court order terminating spousal support, the court retains jurisdiction indefinitely in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage … where the marriage is of long duration.”
Family Code § 4336(b) states in pertinent part that for the purpose of retaining jurisdiction, there is a presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence that a marriage of 10 years or more, from the date of marriage to the date of separation, is a marriage of long duration.
However a California Court of Appeal recently ruled in a published decision that even if a marriage has been a lengthy one that by itself does not justify an unlimited spousal support award. Unless a spouse can show specific facts that show they are incapable of becoming self-supporting they cannot expect to receive spousal support payments indefinitely.
Stan Burman	alimony, divorce, fathers rights, mens issues, mens rights, spousal support	Leave a comment March 5, 2019 March 5, 2019 3 Minutes
Child custody definitions in California
Child custody definitions in California.
Child custody definitions in California are the topic of this blog post.
This blog post will provide basic information on child custody definitions in California.
Joint legal custody means that both parents have the authority to make important decisions regarding the child’s health, education, welfare, religion, driver’s license, etc. In some cases a judge will give parents joint legal custody, but not joint physical custody.
Joint legal custody means both parents share the responsibility in making important decisions in their child’s lives, but live with one parent most of the time. In most situations, the parent that does not have physical custody has visitation with the children.
Parents with legal custody have the right to make decisions regarding:
School or childcare
Joint physical custody means that each parent has significant periods of physical custody, although parents can share joint custody even if the timeshares are unequal. For example, one parent may alternate a weekend schedule and the other parent has the child the rest of the time.
Legal custody means that the parent that has legal custody has decision-making authority for issues with health, education, and welfare of a child. When both parents share this responsibility it is referred to as “Joint Legal Custody.” When only one parent has this responsibility, it is referred to as “Sole Legal Custody.”
Physical custody means that the parent or parents have the physical responsibility for the care of the child. Physical custody can be joint physical custody or sole physical custody.
Some attorneys avoid the use of either “sole custody” or “joint custody” and use the term “primary physical custody” to designate the parent who has day-to day care of the child.
However I want to stress that the child custody laws in California do NOT recognize the term “primary physical custody” as the California Supreme Court has stated that the term “`primary physical custody'” is not found in the Family Code, which instead distinguishes between “`[j]oint physical custody'” (§ 3004) and “`[s]ole physical custody'” (§ 3007). See In re Marriage of LaMusga (2004) 32 Cal.4th 1072, 1081, fn. 1; see also In re Marriage of Richardson (2002) 102 Cal.App.4th 941, 945, fn. 2 (“Though frequently employed, the term `primary physical custody’ has no legal meaning.”.)
Using the term primary physical custody in any marital settlement agreement, or stipulated judgment or order can have negative consequences under certain circumstances such as move-away cases where one parent wants to move with the minor children to another city or state.
Sole legal custody means that one parent is able to make all decisions regarding the child’s health, education, welfare, religion, driver’s license, etc.
Sole physical custody means that one parent will have the physical custody of the child the great majority of the time, as well as responsibility for day-to-day care of the child.
If one parent has physical custody, the other parent is referred to as having visitation with the child.
Sample stipulation and order for child custody and visitation in California.
Attorneys or parties in California that would like to view a portion of a sample stipulation and order for child custody and visitation in California created by the author can see below.