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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA I currently have full custody of the children (75/25 ratio) because their mom moved away to another town. I am going to be laid off in January of next year and was already given heads up by my work. I am trying to find work locally and in...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA I am planning to file for a modification within the next six months or so and was wondering what can happen: 1) What are the protocols of having a judge appointed to a case within the legal system?Will the same judge who presided in the...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA My Ex and I currently have shared joint physical custody of our children. She will be moving away within the next month or so. At that time she will see our children only on designated weekends. Our current court order arrangement is that we...

What is the name of your state? CA I posted about a week or so ago and did not hear back much so I thought I would try again. I recently went to court with my ex because she wanted to move away. We came to an agreement that our children to stay with me should she move away. The judge ordered...

What is the name of your state? CA How long before full time income can be imputed? Or the question is how long before a child is considered old enough so that a parent can't use the excuse of working only part time to take care of the newborn. Does it matter from state to state? The reason...

What is the name of your state? CA My ex and I have split 50/50 custody (legal and physical) of our 2 children with each of us having one child for tax exemption. Now she has decided to move to a different area and I wil have about 75% primary custody of both children. Does this warrant a...

What is the name of your state? CA Can my Ex file a modification to have her CS increased because she is on maternity leave with a baby with her new husband? She claims my current CS amount should increase because she is currently not working and not sure if she wants to go back to work. Does...

What is the name of your state? CA I currently have split joint custody of my two children 50/50 with my ex. What is considered primary physical custody for either parent with regards to percentage? 60/40, 70/30 or is there a percentage breakdown that defines one? Say that one of us has...

What is the name of your state? CA I currently have split joint custody of my two children ages 7 and 11 with my ex. The kids are on a rotating week-to-week schedule with both of us and this arrangement has been working fine for the last 3 years. I'm thinking of moving an hour away outside of...

What is the name of your state? CA When is it appropriate to go back to court to have child support payments reviewed? I took a new job and it is a paycut from the old one and was wondering if there is a guideline as to when and what is considerate for a review? 10% more more discrepancy? TIA

What is the name of your state? CA. My ex and I have equal split joint custody of our two children. My children spend one week with me and go to my ex the next. My ex doesn't live far away so the kids have no problem staying in the same school. They are both doing very well. The problem is...

What is the name of your state? CA We have split custody of the kids 50/50 and I pay a small amount due to discrepancy in both incomes. Can my ex go back to court and request for additional cs due to the fact she wil be taking time off from work for a while with only disability income due to...

What is the name of your state? CA Hello, I have my kids 50% of the time and have to pay my Ex child support $325 for 2 kids because I make more money. The kids are with me 2 weeks out of the month. How will things change, if any, for the short term on child support? I am still employed...

Sorry to hear that you are going through this problem. It's too bad that you didn't make her refinance to take your name off the mortage when the settlement was reached. This should have been done at the time everything was still fresh. I'm sure she made you signed a Quit Claim back then too...

If both of you are making equal payment on the house then it makes sense to file jointly and split the return or tax due.