Legal Questions

Q: How does my new husband's income matter when calculating my children’s fathers child support amount?

By Schonauer Law on Jun 01, 2020 at 07:50 PM in Legal Questions

Q: How does my new husband's income matter when calculating my children’s fathers child support amount?

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Q: Can us tenants be evicted?

By Schonauer Law on May 11, 2020 at 06:59 AM in Legal Questions

Q: Can us tenants be evicted if my baby sisters dad is staying with us but isn't on the lease?

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Temporary Spousal Support

By Schonauer Law on Sep 18, 2019 at 09:05 AM in What Does it Mean, Legal Questions, What to do?

Once a petition for dissolution has been filed, and before final adjudication the court may order temporary spousal support (pendente lite) either spouse amount necessary for the support of the other spouse. 

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Q & A

By Schonauer Law on Aug 14, 2019 at 05:57 PM in Legal Questions

How can I evict a boyfriend from a property I owned when he is on month to month?

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Child Support and Unemployment

By Schonauer Law on Aug 31, 2016 at 04:12 AM in Legal Questions

Will I be put in jail if I don't have money to pay child support?

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Serving and Filing Court Documents

By Schonauer Law on Apr 25, 2016 at 08:58 AM in Legal Questions

My boyfriend was served divorce papers from his ex. They have been separated for over a year but the divorce process never began. He mailed in his response papers to the court which is 7 hours up north.

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Child's preference in custody disputes

By Schonauer Law on Apr 22, 2016 at 08:37 PM in Legal Questions

I understand that the child's preference is considered in CA

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Character of the Family Home

By Schonauer Law on Dec 28, 2015 at 03:50 PM in Legal Questions

A family’s largest investment is often the home they live in. A family home is can be purchased and financed in a variety of ways. When a family dissolves, one household becomes two, and community property must be divided, it's difficult to determine each spouse’s respective ownership interest in the family residence, even experienced attorney’s get it wrong.

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Can spouse inherit if we have been separated for years?

By Schonauer Law on Sep 15, 2015 at 03:18 PM in Legal Questions

Can spouse inherit if we have been separated for years?

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Payments Made Toward Separate Property House

By Schonauer Law on Sep 09, 2015 at 02:05 PM in Legal Questions

QUESTION: During our marriage, community funds were used to pay down principal, property taxes, and make major renovations and upgrades on residence owned by Petitioner prior to the marriage.

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