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Yes: the Sacramento Family Court will order able-bodied parties to work if they are not presently working full-time. Parties to a Sacramento divorce or child support action should understand that figuring out child and spousal support responsibilities is a...

The Placer County Family Law courts are expected to make accurate and reasonably timely orders so that the parties can receive just results and finality in their case. Unfortunately, the California judicial system is not perfect and courts do make mistakes. Sometimes...

In a typical Placer County family law case, the parties should reach a settlement of all of the issues of the divorce, custody dispute, support dispute, or property dispute in advance of any trial.  In Placer County, family law parties rarely take their cases to trial...

Parents in Placer County commonly argue over situations when their former spouse or partner allows their new significant other to care for the child.  So many Placer County custody actions are filed over situations like these.  Sometimes the underlying reason for the...

Unfortunately within Placer county family law cases, one spouse or partner may commit domestic violence against the other spouse/partner.  California law defines domestic violence broadly and it can include harassing, stalking, physical abuse, smashing objects in...

Determining each spouse or partner’s gross monthly income earnings from all sources is a significant factor in calculating child support and spousal support in Sacramento.  Unfortunately, in the uncertain economic times, not every spouse or partner is fully employed...

Both parties to a Sacramento family law case have duties to disclose their financial records when there are financial issues involved (e.g. divorce, paternity and child support action, spousal support modification, etc).  One form of financial discovery in Sacramento...

A hotly contested issue in Sacramento family law cases is the pursuit and award of attorney fees.  No party enjoys being involved in contested family law cases, and sometimes they feel it is appropriate for the other party to pay for their attorney fees for dragging...

Parties to a Placer County divorce will more likely than not have to prepare and file an income and expense declaration and many times they will have to do it more than once.  An income and expense declaration in Placer County contains a full disclosure of each...

Completing a divorce in Sacramento County can be a long and tasking process.  Getting through all of the negative emotions and legal issues can be painful, costly, and time consuming.  However, once the Sacramento divorce case has reached the proper point and the...