California readers may have heard that Google co-founder Sergey Brin and his estranged spouse Anne Wojcicki have quietly divorced following an eight-year marriage. The divorce was finalized by a Santa Clara County court in May. Brin and Wojcicki, who have two children...
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Billionaire saves nearly $4 billion in divorce appeal
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...
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...
Idaho’s Sharia law concerns affect some California parents
The concerns of some Idaho politicians may jeopardize a proposed treaty designed to help single parents collect child support from former spouses in other countries. The negotiations for this treaty have been in the works for over a decade and have expanded to include...
Reality TV star seeks custody of 1 of his 8 children
California residents may know Jon Gosselin from his leading role on the reality television show "Jon and Kate Plus 8." The 38-year-old celebrity filmed the television show with his wife and children, but he ceased to appear on the show in 2010 after the couple...
California alimony awards could become relics of the past
If an Orange County, California, software consultant is successful with his ballot initiative, alimony awards in divorce could become a thing of the past. The Secretary of State has given the go-ahead for backers of the initiative to begin gathering the 365,880 valid...
International child abduction
Child custody cases in California can become extraordinarily complicated when one parent takes the child to a foreign country. According to the U.S. State Department, there are at least 1,000 reports of international child abduction by a parent every year. Because...