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      Moving with child

      What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA Hello, Thanks in advance. I have primary custody of my 10 year old son. His dad and I have lived 10 minutes apart for 8 years. I am remarried now and my husband has found employment that requires us to move our family. It's 1 hr 20 minutes away...
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      How will this all work?

      What is the name of your state? CA Hello, My son's father and I are divorced. I have had primary custody and he pays child support. He has wanted the custodial time to be 50/50 and to eliminate the support payment. We both have equal earnings as far as I know. I may outearn him a bit. My new...
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      Coming into marriage with debt.

      What is the name of your state? CA Hello, My fiance has a large defaulted student loan. Needless to say, it has ruined credit. My credit is good and I am a homeowner. I believe (and may be wrong) that I am not responsible for his student loan debt when we marry. I believe it is different than...
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      Does a new relationship/child affect custody?

      What is the name of your state? CA My ex and I share custody of our son. Right now it's about a 60/40 time split (our son is with me more) and he is wanting a 50/50 arrangement eventually (which I am open to so long as the ex is keeping his act clean). I am also on the verge of being engaged...
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      Negotiation child support vs division of property

      What is the name of your state? CA My ex is entitled to 50% (as of our date of separation) less $2000 of my annuity...this winds up being about $3000. He can keep it in an interest-bearing account or withdraw it at a 25% tax rate (and get about $2,250 in cash). He has offered to give up the...
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      Retainer and termination of lawyer's services

      What is the name of your state?CA Hi all, I submitted a letter to my attorney in September '04 telling her that as of that date, her services would no longer be required. I asked that she send me a comprehensive final bill of all services performed up to that date. I got the final bill and...
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      Child support and Medical/Dental Premium Costs

      What is the name of your state? CA Hello, As part of our recent settlement, my ex is to start paying child support very soon. Upon reviewing our judgement, no where does it specify who will keep our child on the medical/dental insurance and how the premium costs get split. But, the judgement...
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      Child support reduced by the fact that our son is in daycare?

      What is the name of your state? CA My ex is scheduled to start making child support payments. He does not feel that it is equitable that he will make child support payments based on the fact that I have our son most of the time since, as he puts it, "the kid is in daycare 40 hours a week." I...
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      Who claims child?

      What is the name of your state? CA A general question...when parents have joint custodies but unequal parental time (for example, mom is with child 75% of time and dad is with child 25% of time), how should/do they usually determine who and how they split claiming the child for tax purposes? Do...
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      Custodial parent all this time and may have to pay child support?

      What is the name of your state? CA I left my ex 9 months ago, taking our 2 year old son with me. He was going through some sort of mental imbalance, was very aggressive, drinking heavily and using drugs. The medical records have been subpoenaed (sp?) and show all of this. My ex has now been...
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      House-buying, car-buying and other financial commitments during divorce

      What is the name of your state?CA I've heard that it is not advisable (if not impossible?) to make major purchases such as a home or car during divorce proceedings? Should I wait until my divorce is absolutely final to consider purchases such as these or can I think about it once I have a...
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      Retirement Annuity account opened before marriage-community property?

      What is the name of your state? CA I opened a Tax Deferred Annuity (retirement) account one month before I got married. I was contributing to the fund through the whole course of my 2 yr. 7 mo. marriage. It is considered community property?
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      California, Spousal Support and Short Marriage. IAAL?

      What is the name of your state? CA Can someone settle this once and for all? IAAL or another knowledgable person (CA law)? How short is a "short marriage" in California and how likely is it that spousal support will be issued in a short marriage? I was married 2 yrs. 7 months, was the...
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      Update and need prognostications

      What is the name of your state? Ca I'll try to keep this fairly brief. I left my addict/mentally disturbed husband after escalating verbal abuse, threats and illegal activity (he was trying to grow pot in our baby's closet and took our son on a drug run). My son and I have lived away from him...
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      Who pays for monitored visits?

      What is the name of your state?CA I'm pretty sure that my drug-addicted, abusive ex is going to get supervised visits after he admitted everything (including taking our son on a drug run) in mediation. The mediator made it clear that she was making a supervised visits/help-for-ex recommendation...
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      Confused and a bit suspicious...

      What is the name of your state? CA My husband and I recently attended a mediation session in which the unimaginable happened...he told the truth! He admitted that he is battling a drug/alcohol problem, he admitted that he was diagnosed bipolar and prescribed medication that he isn't taking, he...
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      Mediator's influence on judge's decision?

      What is the name of your state? CA My ex and I went to mediation yesterday. He admitted everything in mediation. He admitted he was abusive to me. He admitted that he has a drug/alcohol problem and that he was diagnosed manic-depressive. He signed releases for his medical files (that's important...
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      I think I made a grievous error.

      What is the name of your state? CA I have been contacting family, friends and professionals who have any recollection of the timeframe in which my soon-to-be-ex-husband had a "nervous breakdown". During that time, he was heavily drinking, using drugs and being abusive. I just contacted a woman...
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      Ex wants me to pay his legal costs

      I'm in CA. Under what conditions does a judge order the opposing party to pay legal costs in a divorce case? My ex is asking that I pay his legal costs since I am "in a better financial situation than him".
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      Monitored visitation-need attorney perspectives

      What is the name of your state? CA I have separated from my ex for 7 months. My son and I moved into a new apartment. During those 7 months, my mother-in-law has monitored all of her son's (my ex) visitations with our 2 year-old son (my ex has some serious anger management issues and addiction...

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