SPOUSAL SUPPORT--CALIFORNIA-- IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE RULES YOU ARE LIKELY TO LOSE........

We are very sorry if you tried to contact us and did not get a response,,, due to what appears to be Verizon legal issues (not involving us) we have been very backlogged and found that the carrier was not sending us the messages or calls on our system. In event this is not corrected by the carrier, you can still call our other number which is not Solano#, but it won't matter, as long as we can get the calls--and answer--(530) 497-0777 which is working correctly--we are in process of reformatting Solano number and it has been very slow--we don't know why. There is no charge. We do apologize for this as calls vary by the month but typically January of any year is very busy. In CA, the spousal support rules tend to favor the ex wife, if only because women did not always work outside the home back in the day.......(If you aren't that old, back in the day you may not have been born yet LOL)... In all of our examples, we just use man/woman terminology, so we don't have to go into detail about what if the couple was not male/female, the rules are still applied the same--it is likely that if one person has always worked and the other did not, or there were other circumstances which were already in place, then one can see that when the 14 factors are used to determine support, one can always attempt to raise other issues involved. Because there could be an almost unlimited amount of different issues, it makes sense to understand that litigants who do hire counsel on this type of case will likely have a better chance than not hiring counsel. Some difficult cases involving support can take more than several days of trial.

In any event, let's just say for example, that you are the husband and your wife has never worked a day in her life. WELL, that's going to be a HUGE problem from the get-go. Unless she is independently wealthy, inherited a great deal of money, or maybe even won the lotto, the chances ARE--that the ex husband is on the hook for the spousal support. * Under California law, a judge may order a spouse or domestic partner to pay permanent spousal support to the other spouse or domestic partner in any amount, and for any period of time that is just and reasonable. This gives judges a great deal of discretion when establishing the final, permanent order. IF there is a situation, however, that the ex wife shacks up with a new man, then that will likely be completely different. OR--if ex husband has the 3 minor kids and wife has a job, that will make a substantial difference. There are many factors that could affect the support to be honest, as the CA code uses 14 factors.

We suggest you go look those factors up online so that you can get the data required if you are planning to represent yourself. IF you hire an attorney, hopefully get one that has argued these factors prior, and can do the trial. It is never recommended that you do this without counsel. Once in awhile it might work but for most part, we don't recommend doing it without legal help and advice. Since there are at least 14 factors involved in the determination for such support, unless you are one of the rare individuals that knows this subject forward and backward, we would not recommend attempting to prove your case on your own.

A skilled attorney is usually the best bet you have unless your case involves the ex wife winning the lotto in which case then you better look that CA case up as well. That lady that won the lotto (seriously) purposely never told the spouse and he accidentally found out by chance; guess what happened? The Court punished her for non disclosure and awarded it all to the ex husband. Don't be dumb. Get an attorney who cares and knows the rules and cases. The grief you save will be your own.