California residents may have heard that a rich Russian businessman was ordered to pay his estranged wife $4.5 billion in a divorce settlement in 2014. After a recent appeal, the ex-husband now only has to pay about $609 billion. In 2008, the ex-wife filed divorce...
Month: June 2015
Poor fathers still provide support for their children
California residents may often hear about fathers who fail to pay child support, as more mothers still raise children on their own than fathers. A study appearing in the Journal of Marriage suggests that "deadbeat dads" and fathers with a low income are not...
Public opinion about child support laws
California parents who have gone through a divorce may be aware of the disconnect between the way most people see child support laws and the reality of how these laws work. According to one study, the public largely believes the formulas that calculate child support...
Divorce and Social Security
California residents may have read recent reports concerning a possible divorce between Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner. While celebrity gossip columnists were busying themselves with speculation about the possible causes of the split or details about the size of the...
Actress Kelly Rutherford’s child custody dispute continues
A California judge who ruled on May 22 that the ex-husband of actress Kelly Rutherford, Daniel Giersch, had to return to the state with her children for a custody hearing on June 15 has been overruled by another judge. Rutherford and Giersch divorced in 2008 after two...