Legal Question in Family Law in California

Reply: Child support from new wife

In a gneeral sense, your income as his spouse may lower his child support obligation and probably will not increase it.

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Re: Child support from new wife

in a nutshell, your fiance's seperate income, if any, is what is to be used for his previous child support obligations, unless community property assets are needed secondarily to prevent injustice to the children of his former marriage at issue. further, if you do in fact marry, your fiance's child support obligations may decrease since he would now have certain financial obligations to you as well. if you would like further assistance, contact us today.

Re: Child support from new wife

Your income would, barring unusual facts, be used to determint the amount of income taxes he pays. If his taxes go up the child suppport can go down. However, any jointly held assets would be subject to a writ of attachment. That is the funds in a joint bank would all be subject to being attached to satisfy his child support obligation. You should consult with a family law attorney in regard to protecting yourself in this matter.