There are many excellent reasons to pursue a 50/50 custody arrangement – mutual investment in a minor child and schedule allowances among them. However, one very bad reason to pursue a 50/50 split is the anticipated waiver of an obligation to pay child support. Why? Because that’s not how child support works.
It’s been long understood that children benefit from having married parents. Studies show that overall, these children tend to be better supported financially, do better in school, have lower rates if risk-taking behaviors, and tend to be more accomplished as adults, which leads most laypeople to assume that, naturally, separated and/or divorced parents should have…
The recent rap rivalry between Drake and Kendrick Lamar has social media and the music industry buzzing with allegations of family dysfunction, secret children, and “deadbeat” parents. As family law attorneys based in the entertainment and technology hub of California, we know that fame and fortune can turn private matters into fodder for tabloids and internet…
