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.
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.
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.
California's summary dissolution ends a marriage with no court appearance — but only for short marriages with no minor children, no real property, and modest assets and debts.
In an uncontested California divorce you can decide most of it yourself — property, debts, even spousal support — but child support has a guideline floor and full disclosure is non-negotiable.
When one spouse is criminally convicted of domestic violence against the other, California presumes the abuser should not receive spousal support — a powerful, rebuttable protection for the injured spouse.
What you earned and saved during the marriage is usually split down the middle — but the date of separation, your separate property, and who's living in the house all change the math.
If your spouse never filed a response, or you both agree, your divorce can finish cleanly — but only after the mandatory disclosures and a written agreement the judge can approve.
