What Happens to the Children if a Parent Passes Away?
What Happens to the Children if a Parent Passes Away?
As most of us all know Michael Jackson passed away at 50 years old not too long ago and unmarried while leaving three children behind. The issue of child custody of those three children has been answered by the fact that Michael Jackson's mother was awarded custody of the minor children. Although rare and unusual in Michael Jackson's case, grandparents can assert their custodial rights by guardianship or move the…
Read MoreEmployee Benefits that Are Calculated As Taxable Income Should Be Used in Calculating Child Support
Income from other sources, with some exclusions, should be factored into the annual gross income computation. There are many employee perks that the lay person is unaware of that are calculated into that parent’s gross income. A company car provided as an employee benefit reduces that parent’s living expenses and thus is properly included as taxable income at its fair rental value. If an employee receives free housing, at the…
Read MoreServed Legal Separation Papers from My Wife in a Different County
The short answer is yes. In order to file for dissolution of marriage, the parties must be a resident of the county for at least three months at the time of filing. The way to bypass this requirement is to file for legal separation. So, for example you and your wife could reside in Los Angeles County during the marriage. You separated and your wife moved to Orange County. Subsequently…
Read MoreDodger Ownership Continues to be Debated
Jamie McCourt is seeking $487,634 in monthly California spousal support or $320,957 if she is reinstated as Los Angeles Dodgers’ CEO after filing for divorce on October 27. She is also claiming 50% ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers, despite Frank McCourt’s claims that he is the sole owner of the team. Her claim on the Los Angeles Dodgers will depend on whether the court rules the team as community…
Read MoreBoth of Us Filed Petitions for Divorce, How Do We Know which Petition Controls?
What happens when both husband and wife file separate petitioners for dissolution of marriage? How do you determine whose petition for dissolution prevails? The deciding factor, in determining which petition for dissolution prevails is who had the other party personally served first. To give you an example - Wife filed petition for dissolution of marriage two weeks ago, however has had been unsuccessful in personally serving husband with the petition…
Read MoreOwnership of the LA Dodgers is Uncertain with McCourt Announcement of Separation
With the announcement of the marriage separation of Frank and Jamie McCourt, debate has arisen over the exact ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jamie McCourt’s lawyer, Dennis Wasser, claims that the Los Angeles Dodgers are community property, therefore, entitling Jamie McCourt to 50% ownership. Frank McCourt’s lawyer, Marshall Grossman, however, maintains that his client is the sole owner and has documents to support this claim. While Wasser has not…
Read MoreCourt Denies Effort to ID Sperm Donor for Child Support
An interesting story out of Massachusetts discusses the case of an artificially inseminated woman who was trying to force a Newton sperm bank to reveal the identity of her twin daughters’ father so she can sue him for child support. The woman, identified in court papers only as Jane Doe, was contesting a Probate and Family Court Judge’s dismissal of the original motion which was filed in 2006. The father…
Read MoreMan Wants Value of Kidney in Divorce Settlement
The Guardian website published a story about a New York doctor who in the ultimate show of love and commitment, donated his kidney to his wife, but now that they are getting a divorce, he wants the organ back, or at least its estimated value (1.5M) as part of the divorce settlement. The doctor indicated that his marriage was on the rocks when after two failed kidney transplants, he decided…
Read MoreSting Nets Chiropractor Wanted For Unpaid Child Support
A report details the story of a chiropractor who was arrested for owing thousands in child support after a police officer posed as a patient in a sting operation. Officers with the sheriff's child support division had been pursuing the chiropractor since being notified Sept. 21 of a warrant issued for his arrest. Officers were told he owed $9,000 in unpaid child support. After staking out his clinic, an officer,…
Read MoreSpecial Safeguards Needed When One Parent is a Citizen of Another County to Ensure that Your Children are not Taken to that Country Without Your Permission
An American father was recently arrested in Japan for taking his children. The father had tried for a year to persuade a family court in Tennessee that he thought his Japanese ex-wife would flee with the children. The father even tried to restrict his ex-wife’s ability to travel outside the country with their children, but to no avail. Tennessee Court records indicate that mother lived in Japan from 2001 to…
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