Legal Question in Family Law in California

I filed for child support and spousal support what are my chances since the respondent has quit his job ?


Asked on 2/16/12, 11:23 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

About the same as before he quit, but it will be more complicated. You can't just quit your job to avoid support obligations, and the court can impute what you were making or could be making to you as income even if you aren't getting it, if you are unemployed by choice or even just inaction. In other words, the court can say find work or we'll set support at what we think you could be making. The problem is that you have to file the proper pleadings with the court and then present the appropriate evidence of what he has done and what he could earn if he hadn't quit. You are going to need a lawyer for that.

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Answered on 2/16/12, 11:29 am


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