Once spousal support goes unpaid it becomes vested arrears — under Family Code § 3651 a court can’t retroactively cancel it. The debt accrues 10% interest and can be collected, even against a home being sold.
Once spousal support goes unpaid it becomes vested arrears — under Family Code § 3651 a court can’t retroactively cancel it. The debt accrues 10% interest and can be collected, even against a home being sold.
Quitting or taking a pay cut doesn’t automatically lower spousal support. If there’s ability and opportunity to earn more, a California court can set support on earning capacity, not the smaller paycheck.
Quitting or taking a pay cut doesn’t automatically lower spousal support. If there’s ability and opportunity to earn more, a California court can set support on earning capacity, not the smaller paycheck.
Unpaid spousal support is a vested debt your ex can’t retroactively erase — but a broad “waive all rights” form at escrow can let you give it away by accident. Read every release before you sign.
Unpaid spousal support is a vested debt your ex can’t retroactively erase — but a broad “waive all rights” form at escrow can let you give it away by accident. Read every release before you sign.
A deed transfers ownership; only a refinance or a lender’s release removes your name from the mortgage. Sign one without the other and you can lose the house but keep the loan.
A deed transfers ownership; only a refinance or a lender’s release removes your name from the mortgage. Sign one without the other and you can lose the house but keep the loan.
When an elderly tenant lives in unsafe conditions and refuses entry, a California landlord must balance habitability, lawful entry under Civil Code § 1954, and fair-housing accommodation — and document everything.
When negligence takes a life, California gives the family two distinct claims — one for their own loss, one for what the person who died endured. Knowing the difference matters.
A fall on someone else's property isn't automatically their fault. California premises law turns on one question: did the owner know — or should they have known — about the hazard and fail to fix it?
A huge share of California drivers carry little or no insurance. The coverage that protects you from them isn't theirs — it's a part of your own policy most people forget they have.
What you do in the hour and the week after a collision quietly decides what your claim is worth. Five simple moves protect both your health and your case.
Insurance adjusters love to tell injured people the crash was partly their fault so they'll walk away. In California, partial fault reduces a recovery — it almost never erases it.
In California you generally have two years to file an injury lawsuit — but several traps can shorten that to as little as six months, and missing the deadline ends the case before it starts.
