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“See, well then they start talkin' 'bout child support Alimony and the cost o' the Court It didn't take me long to figure out How fond of attorneys I was.” Jerry Reed, “She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)”   California courts define child support “as the...

“Their anger hurts my ears, been running strong for seven years Rather than fix the problems, they never solve them, it makes no sense at all I see them everyday, we get along so why can't they? If this is what he wants, and it's what she wants, then why is there so...

“Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today / Me and little J-O-E will be going away / I love you both, and this will be pure H-E-double-L for me / Oh, I wish we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E.” Tammy Wynette, D-I-V-O-R-C-E Whether you have been married for 1 year or 30...

“You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law…”Miranda rights Most people do not expect what they post on Facebook, or Instragram, or even what they write in text messages and emails to end up in a courtroom...

“So kiss me and smile for me…Tell me that you'll wait for me…Hold me like you'll never let me go…'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane…Don't know when I'll be back again…Oh babe, I hate to go”. John Denver, “Leaving On A Jet Plane”. What happens when one parent moves...

“Biology Does Not Determine Parentage” There is a misconception that a father’s last name on a birth certificate is all it takes to make him the legal parent of a child. Not so. In California, there is a distinction between “biological parent” and “legal parent.” A...