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If a parent or spouse voluntarily becomes unemployed or quits a job and takes a lower-paying job that does not meet their earning potential, the Court can impute income to that person when calculating support. For example, if a parent was earning $100,000 before the parties split, and then quits their job after the split and takes a job earning $50,000, the Court can use the $100,000 income figure when calculating support, even though that party is no longer earning $100,000. For example, if a parent or spouse owns a property with a fair monthly rental value of $3,500 but rents it out for only $2,000 a month, a Court can use the property’s fair rental value when determining that parent or spouse If there is evidence that a parent or spouse has intentionally reduced or altered their income to minimize a support obligation, Courts have the power to impute income to that parent or spouse.

” Examples of coercive control include, but are not limited to, unreasonably engaging in any of the following: (1) Isolating the other party from friends, relatives, or other sources of support. (3) Controlling, regulating, or monitoring the other party’s movements, communications, daily behavior, finances, economic resources, or access to services. (4) Compelling the other party by force, threat of force, or intimidation, including threats based on actual or suspected immigration status, to engage in conduct from which the other party has a right to abstain or to abstain from conduct in which the other party has a right to engage. Depriving the other party of basic necessities could easily mean that refusing to provide voluntary child support and/or spousal support (attempting to starve out the other spouse) is now domestic violence.

The Reape-Rickett Law Firm is proud to announce Shareholder Matthew A. Breddan, Esq., Attorney Lawrence R. Goldman, and Donald R. Klahs, Of Counsel, have received the AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell. In addition to receiving the AV Preeminent Rating, Mr. Breddan has received the Super Lawyers distinction for nine years in acknowledgment of his high degree of peer recognition and professional achievements in family law. Donald R. Klahs has over 35 years of experience and served clients throughout the Santa Clarita Valley before joining The Reape-Rickett Law Firm as an Of Counsel member. As members of The Reape-Rickett Law Firm, Mr. Breddan, Mr. Goldman, and Mr. Klahs are committed to providing distinguished family law services for families across Conejo Valley, Los Angeles, and Santa Clarita Valley.

Don’t Forget to Plan a Prenuptial or Post-Nuptial Agreement Marriage is an exciting step in one’s life, and beyond committing to a shared lifetime of experiences, marriage can join individual assets, debts, and future earnings and liabilities. Both prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements are legal documents that help couples decide how to protect their individual assets before or during marriage and often address factors such as spousal support, future income, retirement, asset division, and liabilities. When to Use a Prenuptial Agreement or a Post-Nuptial Agreement Prenuptial agreements are signed before the parties are married (at least several days or weeks before the ceremony), and post-nuptial agreements are signed after marriage. Postnuptial agreements are entered into between spouses during a marriage for a variety of reasons including, to change the character of the property, clarify ownership of property, to amend or revoke a prenuptial agreement, or in the event one spouse suddenly comes into considerable wealth from an asset that had little value before the marriage.