Joint legal custody means both parents share school decisions. Here is how California courts resolve school choice disputes, from mediation to a Request for Order.

One spouse can keep the family home in a California divorce by buying out the other's share of the equity. Here is how the price is set, which credits change it, and how to close the deal.

A practical guide to long-distance custody for parents in Apple Valley, Barstow, Hesperia, and Victorville when the other parent lives in Los Angeles or Las Vegas: which court hears the case, UCCJEA rules, parenting plans, travel costs, and move-away requests.

California parents can be ordered to support an adult child who cannot earn a living because of a disability. Here is how Family Code section 3910 works, how the amount is set, and how to file.

California uses the same guideline formula for self-employed parents, but the fight is over what counts as income. Here is how courts add back write-offs, what proof they expect, and what to do when a parent hides cash.

A plain-English guide to custody hearings at the Van Nuys Courthouse in Los Angeles County: filing the request, mediation, the hearing itself, and how judges decide.

Your divorce judgment divided the property, but your former spouse will not sign the deed, pay the equalization payment, or cooperate with the QDRO. Here is how California family courts enforce property division orders.

Unpaid child support does not let a parent cancel visitation, and denied visitation does not let a parent stop paying. Here is what California law says and what to do instead.

A step-by-step guide to getting a domestic violence restraining order in Hesperia or Apple Valley, from the DV-100 to the hearing at the Victorville courthouse.

Spousal support can be waived in a California prenup or divorce agreement, but strict rules decide whether the waiver holds up. Here is what the law requires.

Credit cards, car loans, and the mortgage do not disappear when you divorce. Here is how California decides which spouse pays which debt, and how to protect your credit while the case is pending.

A step-by-step guide to filing for divorce in Pomona, California: residency rules, the petition and summons, service, financial disclosures, temporary orders, and how cases at the Pomona Courthouse are finished.

Guideline child support usually does not include daycare or uncovered medical bills. Those are add-ons under Family Code section 4062, shared by both parents on top of base support.

California does not require spouses to mediate a divorce, but parents who disagree about custody must attend mediation before a judge hears the dispute. Here is how both kinds of mediation work in Riverside, San Bernardino, and the High Desert.

How custody hearings work for Barstow, Fort Irwin, and High Desert parents in San Bernardino County, from the FL-300 and recommending counseling to the orders the judge can make.

A California DVRO does not end just because the protected person changes their mind. Here is who can ask the court to drop or change it, what the judge considers, and the forms involved.

Yes. A spouse who willfully ignores a California spousal support order can be held in contempt. Here is how FL-410 contempt works, what you must prove, the three-year deadline, and the alternatives.

California divides community property equally in a Torrance divorce. Here is how the house, retirement accounts, businesses, and debts are handled at the Torrance courthouse.

California courts can set aside all or part of a divorce judgment for fraud, perjury, duress, mental incapacity, mistake, or nondisclosure, but only within strict deadlines. Here is how Family Code section 2122 and CCP 473 work.

California lets spouses waive spousal support in a premarital agreement, but Family Code section 1612 enforces the waiver only if the waiving spouse had independent counsel and the waiver is not unconscionable at divorce. Here is how judges in Riverside, San Bernardino, and the High Desert apply the test.