Santa Clarita Divorce | How To Avoid Paying Child Support

It’s actually quite easy we get a lot of flack on this on social media on YouTube people upset about us telling folks how to avoid paying child support.

But we’re not telling people how to get out of paying child support we’re simply saying for our amicable divorce clients that if you do not want to have an official child custody order as part of your divorce we can make that happen.

We’re not breaking any rules we’re not cheating the system.  There’s a process with the court where we can ask for what’s called a non-guideline order.

So in every settlement agreement that we draft for our clients we have to include a child support order, we can’t just say it’s waived, a lot of people say they want to wave it you can’t do that.

So what we do is a non-guideline order.  We still have to attach the child support order, we still have to do a child support dissomaster calculation,  we still have to give the incomes of the parties to the court.

And here’s what’s happened so we do the calculation and on the child support order we write down, yes, child support  calculated shows x amount of dollars however we’re asking for a non-guideline order per the agreement of the parties that they wish the child support to be set at zero as opposed to the amount calculated and in doing so essentially will not harm the child

That’s how we do it if you’re looking to get a divorce and not have child support.  And doing your own divorce it’s going to be very difficult because you’re not going to know the legalese that has to be included in the divorce to make this happen.

We’ve been doing this for 10 years aside from making the divorce process easier on you by us handling it as a full service for you anywhere in California we can also get you a zero child support order as well

When You Don’t Need To File A Response To Your Santa Clarita Divorce

Here’s when you do not want to file a response to your divorce.

If you have an amicable divorce case you’re going to notice when you’re going through either the self-help center or you’re looking online it’s going to give you instructions on what to do.

First step is going to say file your divorce case step two serve your spouse step 3 response to be filed within 30 days. I know it says it on the forms I know it says it on the instructions.

I know the summon says if you don’t file a response in 30 days your spouse is going to get everything they want and be able to finalize the divorce without them let me tell you this, I’ve been doing this for 10 years we do not have our clients purposely file a response because nothing bad is going to happen.

We are working with amicable clients going through an amicable divorce process and all the response does is generate more fees for the court.

A response is not required to finalize a divorce especially when it’s amicable. It’s called a default with written agreement you can Google it you’ll probably see videos I’ve done on this we do this purely to save clients money why pay the courts another $435 dollars if we can still get your divorce done on a single Court filing fee.

We are a full service divorce firm serving all courts in California.

Orange County Divorce Status Conference

Hearings

Tim Blankenship here with divorce661.com and what we’re talking about today is the Orange County notice of status conference hearing. If your case is in Orange County and you received one of these notices you’re getting this because your case is not moving fast enough and the Court’s calling you into court so you can tell you what you need to do to get your case finalized so you’re not lingering in the courts Forever.

This is a must appear notice which means you have to go to your hearing if you don’t there’s all kinds of threats they could penalize you they could even go as far as dismissing your case which you wouldn’t want to happen because then you have to pay your fees all over again, start from scratch, refile your petition and serve and all that good stuff.

But if you’re getting this notice just give us a call we can help you finalize your divorce quickly there’s no need to take time off of work again losing more money or using your vacation to go down to court and meet with the attorneys and with the court to finalize your case, just give us a call we’d be happy to help you out.

We just happened to do this we’re getting this one under the wire you can see here that it says that the Judgment that needs to be submitted 10 days and that’s going to be 10 Court days prior to the hearing and we are getting this in just under the wire so the parties do not have to attend court.

So if you have this hearing coming up and you want to get your divorce finalized you don’t have to just wait and then show up to this hearing give me a call we can help finalize your divorce well before you go to court and then you can actually avoid going to this hearing because you’ve submitted a full judgment to the court on all issues.

How Do I File For Divorce When Both Parties Agree In Santa Clarita?

There are different ways to file for divorce.   When both parties agree to their divorce and when you don’t.

There are several benefits to being in agreement with your spouse when deciding to file for divorce in Santa Clarita

CHOOSE US A NETURAL 3RD PARTY

When both parties agree to their divorce and the terms of their divorce the best option is to use a neutral third party to handle your divorce case.

If you are in agreement it makes no sense for each of you to obtain different divorce service providers.

This will just cause problems and add to your cost unnecessarily.

At Divorce661, we work with both parties in every divorce case.  We charge a single flat fee that covers both parties and the entire divorce process from beginning to end.

NO ATTORNEY OR COURT REQUIRED

Divorce attorneys are only needed when you and your spouse do not agree and when you think you may be headed to court.

They are also good when you just want to get some legal advice.

But if you agree to the terms of your divorce there is no court requirement.  You will never see a judge or even step foot into court when you use our Santa Clarita divorce service.

FINALIZE YOUR SANTA CLARITA DIVORCE FASTER

Another benefit is how fast we can finalize your divorce.  Depending on how far along you are on reaching an agreement, really dictates how fast we can complete your divorce.

Some clients call us and already have discussed the terms of their divorce.  In these cases, we can complete all their divorce paperwork and court fling within a few days.

Some clients have only discussed the fact that want to remain amicable and intend on reaching an agreement out of court and without the need for attorneys.

In these cases, the divorce process only takes as long as it takes for our clients to advise us of the terms of their agreement.

Still, we are taking maybe a few weeks. Never months.

The 6 month cooling off period still applies.  But we are having our clients’ divorce cases completed and finalized by the court in less than 3 months usually.

This means the court has approved it and the divorce case is done.  Then what the court does is post date the effectiveness of the dissolution of marriage out to the 6 month mark.

Think of it as a pre-approval of the divorce just pending the date of divorce to pass.

In any case our clients are happy to have their paperwork completed in a few days vs. stretching it out over months.

HOW OUR PROCESS WORKS

As mentioned earlier we work with both clients. We handle all the preparation and filing of all court documents.

The only requirement for our clients is that they provide us with the information we need to put them through the divorce process.

Some of our clients have a full agreement in place.  Some need to discuss it.

Others need a little bit more information from us as far as what are their options which we are able to provide so they can then make a decision.

 

San Diego North County Judgment Processing Timelines

This article is specifically discussing the San Diego North County judgment processing timelines we are currently seeing.

We handle divorce cases anywhere in California. And in doing so we are able to keep up to date with various court processing timelines.

And we try to publish this information for our clients and the public to have an understanding of some of the court delays we are currently seeing.

Our last few divorce judgments that we submitted to San Diego’s North County divorce court all took about 4 months once the court received it.

We are usually submitting our divorce judgments well in advance of the 6 month cooling off period. So the result of this 4 month delay is not causing our clients divorce cases to extend much, if at all, beyond the 6 month mark.

With out divorce service we usually have our clients divorce case wrapped up in a few days to a week or so.

It is a good thing that we do as this allows for any lengthy court delay which varies by County.

6 Months Is The Soonest Your Divorce Can Finalize

The 6 months is just the soonest your California divorce can be finalized.  It is not a deadline by any means.  And the divorce process can go well over the 6 months.

That does not usually happen with our clients.  As I mentioned, we usually have the divorce paperwork done in a few days or weeks.

This allows us to submit the judgment for review and not cause any delays beyond the 6 months.

How We Process Our Divorce Cases Faster

People wonder how we are able to process divorce cases so fast.

The answer is that we don’t spread the different stages of the divorce process over several months.

Instead we do everything all at once.  We do this so our clients don’t have to go back and forth with over time.

They are able to focus on their divorce case and end up working with us for just a short period of time.

Affordable Divorce Service In Santa Clarita

If you are looking for an affordable divorce service in Santa Clarita, you have come to the write place.

If you have an amicable divorce in Santa Clarita there really is no reason to use a divorce attorney.

We get calls all the time where people had already hired a divorce attorney for their amicable divorce.  Only to spend several $1,000’s of dollars, and what’s worse, not have their divorce finalized.

We’ve even had client come to us who paid $2,000 and all that occurred was to have their Petition filed!

You are better off using an affordable divorce service in Santa Clarita if you’re divorce case is amicable and both parties are cooperative and in full agreement.

DIVORCE ATTORNEY RETAINERS

The fee structure most divorce attorney’s use is a retainer system.  This “Retainer” is just the initial deposit.  Then, the attorneys bill their time against the retainer at their regular hourly rate.

This can be as high as $500 per hour or higher.

How a divorce attorney determined their retainer fee can vary.

Most attorneys will simply charge the norm or what is customer in their area. For instance, if most divorce attorneys in the area are charging $5,000, they will likely do the same.

Others may provide a low-ball retainer amount simply to ease the pain of initially hiring them.  But just know, that this is not your total cost.

Whatever the strategy of the divorce attorney is, just know that if they go over the amount of the retainer, you will we asked to pay additional fees.

HOW OUR FLAT FEE DIVORCE SERVICE WORKS

With Divorce661, we use a flat fee system.  We believe this is the fairest way for both our clients and us.

Having done this since 2012, we know about how much time is going to be spent on an individual divorce case.  Some a little longer time and others a little less.

But it all works out in the end.

What our clients enjoy (if there is anything enjoyable about going through a divorce) is that they know their total cost up front.

We’ve never gone back to a client for additional money.

With our flat fee system, this makes us an affordable divorce service in Santa Clarita.

BUT I’VE ALREADY RETAINED AN ATTORNEY FOR MY AMICABLE DIVORCE

We hear this a lot.  We have people calling all the time that have already hired an attorney.

There is usually two issues why they are calling us.

One, they used up all of the retainer and now the attorney won’t perform any more work.

Or Two, they attorney is no longer getting back to them or finalizing their case. (This usually has something to do with reason number 1.)

If you find yourself in this situation we can help.  You can always substitute our your divorce attorney.

You are not stuck with them.

And we do this all the time.  We simply take over your case and wrap everything up.

Usually in just a few days.

Please give us a call if you need help with your affordable divorce in Santa Clarita.  Whether you have an attorney or were trying to do your own divorce, we can help.

We handle cases anywhere in California and offer free consultations so give us a call anytime.

We are located at

Divorce661 – 27240 Turnberry Lane, Ste. 200 Valencia, CA 91355