Legal Question in Family Law in California

Well indirectly yes, in that you will have a community property interest in your husband's earnings and he will have to pay child support out of them. But unless he fails to pay what he is ordered to pay, and they seize joint bank accounts or joint tax refunds, your personal earnings will never have to go to pay the support. Also, your income will be included in the calculations of his support, but only to the extent they affect the taxes on his income, because married people's income is taxed together and so the amounts on each spouse are different than if they were single. Your income will not be included in the income available for support part of the calculations.

There is actually a statute in this state that allows you to place your earnings in an account in which your husband has no withdrawal rights that will be exempt from levy.