Los Angeles Divorce Help

I recently filed for a writ of execution to help a mother garnish the wages of her ex spouse under a spousal support judgment. The judgment was quit old. It was initially rejected because on the writ, it did not state that it was for support. Clerks at the court along with those in the [...]

There is no statute of limitation on support judgments now. Rather support judgments are enforceable until paid in full or otherwise satisfied under Family Law Code Section 291(a) and may be enforced without regards to renewal. In accounting for payments made for support judgments, the payments must be applied against the current installment due first, [...]

A judgment debtor’s earnings may be withheld to satisfy a support judgment pursuant to an earnings assignment order for support (Fam. C. Section 5200). Earning assignment orders have priority over any type of earnings withholding order (California Civil Procedure 706.031) are a remedy exclusive to court ordered support obligations and are NOT governed by the [...]

Jamie McCourt gets to keep her lavish lifestyle. A Judge ordered that Jamie McCourt, the wife of Frank McCourt, the owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, will get $225,000 a month in temporary spousal support and that her husband will have to pay $412,159 a month for the pair’s six homes and a condo. Jamie [...]

A North Carolina woman sues her husband’s allege mistress under “alienation of affection” law and wins $9 million. The law is recognize by very few states.

A Summary Dissolution of Marriage is the cheapest and simplest way to get a divorce in the state of California. This method is very limited and can only be used by a married couple which meets the following requirements: 1. The parties have been married less than five (5) years as of the date the [...]

Once you have been served with a petition for dissolution or a summons and complaint, you normally have 30 days from the date you were personally served with the documents, to file your answer with the Court. Your answer can be a simple denial of all the claims or assertions alleged against you. The court’s [...]

Normally, after a divorce and after the parties divide their property, a person is not liable for the other spouse’s debts incurred during marriage.  However, if the other spouse’s debts are assigned to a person in the division of property pursuant to a dissolution, that person is personally liable for debt, and his or her [...]

In some states, you can get sued for having an affair with a married man or woman.  Its unknown as an “alienation of affection” lawsuit where an outsider interferes with a marriage.  These suit are allowed in Hawaii, Illinois, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah. Suit are usually filed for two reasons: [...]

The process of getting a divorce begins with filing a petition for disolution.  Once an action is filed by a Petitioner, the other party, Respondent, must be personally served with the petition.  The Respondent then has 30 days to file responding papers with the Court.  If they fail to do so, the Petition can ask [...]