California Child Custody Laws

November 23, 2009

Who gets child custody in California? The standard for California child custody determinations is the overall “best interest of the child.” California child custody law grants child custody in an order of preference (California Family Code § 3020) and according to factors pertaining to the best interest of the child (California Family Code § [...]

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California Divorce Records

November 22, 2009

California divorce records and certified copies of California divorce decrees or California divorce papers are typically only available through the California Superior Court in the county where the divorce was filed. According to the California Department of Public Health website, the office of Vital Records does not issue certified copies of a divorce decree [...]

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California Child Support Calculator

November 22, 2009

The California Department of Child Support Services provides a California child support calculator free on its website.  The free California child support calculator bases its calculation on statewide California child support guideline factors to come up with its approximation.  The child support calcualtor is a handy tool to estimate the amount of child support one may [...]

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California No-Fault Divorce Law

November 20, 2009

California is a no-fault divorce state, which means one spouse can unilaterally end a marriage without having to prove the other parent is at fault for causing the marriage to break down. In other words, one spouse can simply proceed with a dissolution of marriage (or divorce) on the grounds of “irreconcilable differences.”
California no [...]

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