SPOUSAL SUPPORT

Ventura Spousal Support Attorneys

Now that you and your spouse are heading for divorce, will the wage-earning partner owe spousal support to the dependent spouse — and for how long? Discuss these and other topics pertaining to the question of alimony with a California family law attorney at the law offices of Cho & Brown.

While we vigorously represent our clients' interests in spousal support settlement negotiations, we urge our clients to exercise common sense and avoid expensive, prolonged disputes over this or other aspects of divorce.

Contact our law firm to schedule a consultation about how the law applies to your divorce in light of the following issues set forth in the California family law code:

• Is the dependent spouse the custodian of a child of the marriage, and if so, does that child have a medical condition or other reason for which it would be inappropriate for the caregiving spouse to seek outside employment?
  
• How long will it take the alimony-receiving wife or husband to acquire training or education necessary to support herself or himself?
  
• What was the standard of living established during the marriage?
  
• How long did the marriage last?
  
• How are the spouses' financial resources and income-earning capacity compared?
  
• What are the needs of each spouse?
  
• What did each spouse contribute to the marriage, both financially and in terms of domestic services?
  
• How old are the spouses? What is the health condition of each, both physically and emotionally?
  
• What are the tax consequences to each spouse of any proposed spousal support obligations?
  
• How able is either spouse able to pay spousal support?
  
• What is the balance of hardships to each spouse of receiving or paying spousal support?
  

For experienced counsel and representation concerning spousal maintenance (alimony) in a California divorce, contact us at (805) 644-8893. Cho & Brown welcomes inquiries from interested individuals in or near Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo, Ojai or Port Hueneme.

Our clients' short-term and long-term needs are of primary importance in our divorce law practice. In most cases, we help dependent spouses to file for temporary spousal support immediately, and then go on to prepare a case for continued support after the divorce -- either temporary (rehabilitative) or permanent (lifelong), depending on the length of the marriage and other factors described above.

Sometimes a divorcing spouse intends to support the other even more generously than the law requires. We remind such clients that while this may be commendable, the spousal support order issued by the court should be kept as reasonable as possible to prevent future enforcement issues or a need to seek a court ordered modification in the event of a decline in income. Call or e-mail a California divorce lawyer at Cho & Brown.