Santa Clarita Spousal Support Calculator

We try to make as much information available to our clients so they can make informed decisions during the divorce process.  Many times we are asked how spousal support works and how much they might have to pay or might receive.

Spousal support is generally determined by use of a Dissomaster report that attorneys and the courts use to determine this .  On a basic level, the amount of support you will have to pay or are going to receive is based on the income of the parties.

But how do you determined these amounts without going to court and without having to pay an attorney to prepare a Dissomaster?

I have located an attorney website that has done a good job of making it easy to estimate spousal support amounts.  The website says that the court uses a standard calculation to determine spousal support payments and that it should be used as an estimate only.  However, they do go on to say that they have tested it and it has produced results consistent with the calculators the court uses.

They have used the exact same mathematical formula so it appear that you will get a fairly accurate number.  Just don’t hold them to it.

What I liked about their spousal support calculator is that is was easy to use and you could get your spousal support figures in about 30 seconds simply by plugging in you and your spouses income and tax filing status.

The calculator is offered through Dishon & Block Divorce Attorneys.  You can access the calculator on the below link.  A new page will open up to the calculator.

Spousal Support Calculator

The title of this post says Santa Clarita Spousal Support Calculator and was mostly used for the purposes of the search engines.  This calculator is good for all of California as the family law courts in California all use the same Dissomaster system.

We are a licensed and bonded legal document preparation service that specializes in the divorce process.  If you would like to learn more about our affordable divorce service, please give us a call.  We are located in Santa Clarita, CA and serve all the courts of Los Angeles with our 100% online divorce solution.

Santa Clarita Divorce Help Videos

We have been on a major campaign to bring to market as many divorce self help videos we can.

We cover everything from how to complete the divorce forms, line by line, to answering some of the frequently asked questions about the divorce process.

We do this for 2 reasons.  First, there has been a complete lack of information giving from the legal industry.  There is this fear of giving out too much information.  That does not exist here.  We are the first Santa Clarita divorce service to offer a how to video on all aspects of the California divorce process.

That said, the second reason to share all this wonderful divorce information with you is because it is a good marketing strategy.  Actually give the people the information they are looking for.  What a concept!

In return, we will get additional exposure and good PR.  In the end everyone wins.  Those looking for the information get what they are looking for.  And we get the online exposure, video views, word of mouth and any business that comes are way by having helped with our divorce self help videos.

What we are truly trying to do is peel back the mask of the confusing legal system.  Nothing we are telling you is new.  All this information is out there, you just need to know where to look.  All we have done is produce a video on how to prepare your divorce yourself that is understandable.  And we have done so in a way that you are actually able to find it on the internet.

We are a licensed and bonded legal document preparation service that specializes in the divorce process.  We have our offices in Santa Clarita, CA but serve all of Los Angeles County.

Additionally, our divorce service is 10o% virtual, which means you will never have to come to our office and we can help you regardless of your location or the court you filed in.

We hope you enjoy our Santa Clarita Divorce help videos.

 

 

Who Pays Child Support During Santa Clarita Divorce

Who ends up paying child support depends a lot on with whom he children spend most of their time.  Generally, the parent with less custodial time will end up paying support to the parent who has more custodial time or who has been considered the custodial parent and be part of the parenting plan of the divorce.

The idea behind child support is that both parents are responsible for the well being of the children.  And if one parent has the children more often than the other, then there are more expenses that need to be met and the other spouse is required to help out.

There are several factors that go into determining who pays child support and how much.  Usually the two factors are time share and how much each of the spouses make.  It is even possible that the spouse with the majority of time share pay child support to the other if their income is significantly higher.

You can play with these two numbers to attempt to determine how much child support may have to be paid.  Changing the amount of time share from 50/50 to 80/20 can have a significant influence on the amount of child support that may need to be paid.  In addition, the income of the parties will help to determine child support.

In some cases the only variable to the amount of support is the time share.  In contested divorce cases, there is generally a disagreement to the amount of time share between the spouses.

One spouse may argue for more time with the children to influence the amount of child support they receive.  The other spouse may also argue the opposite, understanding that the more time they can get, the less in child support they will have to pay.

Issues over child support can get ugly and is one of the top issues of a contested divorce.

 

Should You Quit Claim Your Home During Divorce

Something that comes up a lot during the divorce process in Santa Clarita is what to do about the home.  Many times my clients will decide who is going to keep the home and who is going to move out.

The question then becomes, “how to you get the other spouse off of title?”  The answer is not as simple as it may seem.

Yes, it is true that you would use an instrument called a “Quitclaim”.  A quitcliam is a legal instrument by which the owner of a piece of real property, called the grantor, transfers his or her ineterest to a recipient, called the grantee.  The owner therefore effectivly “quits” his or her right and claim to the property.

One issue that exists is that when you quitclaim your interest in a property, this does nothing in respect to the loan.  You are still on the hook for the loan if the spouse you quitclaim to defaults, yet have no interest in the property.

I reached out to my good friend and Santa Clarita Real Estate Expert, Connor MacIvor with the Paris911 Remax Team, and asked him his opinion on the matter.

Connor put together the below video to answer the questions about whether quitclaiming during divorce is the right way to handle it.

So what Connor and I agree on is that you are taking a chance if you quitclaim your home to your spouse and remain on the loan.  However, there is little choice in some cases.

Usually, the only way to get the spouse of the loan is to refinance the property.  And unless you can qualify on your own and assuming it is not upside down in today’s real estate market, your only other choice is to sell the property.

Despite this, most move forward with the quitclaim so they can get divorced and move on with their lives.