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Permissive Dismissal for Failure to Prosecute
Anyone with access to cable television or the internet probably knows more about the Kardashian family than they know about their own family. The Kardashian clan has broadcast their ups, their downs,...
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Discovery in Family Law Cases
Once initial papers are filed to get the divorce process started (the petition and response) the next step is typically to gather all pertinent information regarding each spouse’s financial and...
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“Infinity”: What do you do when you Ex has nothing nice to say?
Divorce can be a stressful time and while The Law Offices of Nancy J. Bickford, APC endeavors to ensure our cases are resolved amicably, sometimes emotions can run wild and your ex-spouse can lash out...
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Step-Parent Adoptions
Blended families, a family consisting of a couple and their children from their current and all previous relationships, are a regular part of American life. That is why the following statistics should...
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The End of the Nuclear Family and the Rise of the Single Parent
The iconic image of the American Family has changed according the Pew Research Center. Today, less than half (46%) of U.S. children under the age of 18 reside with two married heterosexual parents in...
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They Paid What?! How Is My California Child Support Obligation Calculated?
At some point in your life, you have probably done a double-take upon hearing news of a crazy-sounding child support payment of a celebrity or famous athlete. The media loves to report on these...
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Enforcing a Support Order
There are two types of support in Family Law cases in California. There is child support, which refers to support intended to assist in providing for the needs of the children involved in the case....
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California Guideline Child Support Calculator
Under federal law, every single state is required to have a formula that determines the correct amount of child support that should be awarded. California is no exception. The California Guideline...
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What is a Wage Assignment?
One of the first questions I am asked about child or spousal support it, “How will I be paid my support?” My answer is always the same “depends.” In fact, “It depends” is my answer to most legal...
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Sherri Shepherd Relentlessly Attempts to Renounce Child
No, Sherri Shepherd’s case is not in being heard in California, but that does not make the facts of her legal battle any less intriguing to us California divorce lawyers. It has certainly left me...
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Chris Rock and the Mystery Child; Who is responsible for support?
As Chris Rock prepares to host the upcoming Oscars, and while much of the population is focused on his potential commentary in light of the highly-criticized lack of diversity in Oscar nominees,...
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Do I really need to be a Barista? – Vocational Evaluations Explained
This past holiday season I noticed a lot of commercials pandering to the coffee aficionado in all of us. Everything from the new Keurig to the admittedly hilarious George Clooney and Danny Devito...
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Payor Beware: Pitfalls with Deductible Spousal Support
According to section 215 of the Internal Revenue Code, spousal support (otherwise known as alimony) is generally taxable income to the payee and tax deductible to the payor. However, if payors aren’t...
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Child Support Enforcement: Five Little Known Facts to Help You Enforce Child...
California has one of the most complicated child support laws of any state. Sometimes, the complications don’t end once you have an order: a parent sometimes has to deal with the other parent not...
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How Your Divorce May Affect You This Tax Season
We are divorce attorneys, not tax experts, but marriage and finances are so intertwined that inevitably divorce and taxes do intersect. Each year as the IRS tax return filing deadline approaches, we...
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Social Security and Child Support
When I talk to clients about what constitutes income available to pay for child support I ask them to imagine an umbrella…a very BIG umbrella. Everything underneath that umbrella is income available...
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What To Do When you find out the “Father” is not the Biological Father?
Can a judgment establishing paternity be set aside? Under California Family Code Section 7646, if there has already been a judgment establishing paternity and the parents later find out dad is not...
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Effective Date for Support Orders
One of the first issues a new client will ask us about is support. Whether it is child support, spousal support, or both, support is one of the most important issues in your family law case. It’s...
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What’s the Story with Child Support Add-ons
It was recently reported that actor Jeremy Renner (best known for his lead in 2008’s The Hurt Locker and as Hawkeye in the Avengers movies) is refusing to pay his half of their daughter Ava’s preschool...
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Is there such thing as “parent” support in California?
You probably didn’t need to come to this web site to know that California has laws compelling parents to financially support their children. The reasons for this are obvious. When parents make the...
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