If you are facing a divorce, you may be concerned about supporting yourself. In a marriage, courts continue to uphold a spouse's obligation to support a former spouse where it can be shown the payments

• correct an imbalance in incomes
• address a financial need or
• serve to keep parties during the divorce in standards of living similar to that enjoyed during marriage.

A court may find one or more of these factors exist where there is a need to support a spouse until he or she can be trained with employable skills. Additional factors under California law that may be considered in determining support include such things as a history of domestic violence, special needs of dependent children, and the length of the marriage.

At the law firm of MacKenzie & Associates, our clients gain the benefit of Mr. MacKenzie's advanced legal training in tax and finances (he has received an MBA) to fully analyze financial issues of support and property division. An equitable division of marital property can go a long way to ensuring that the parties have what they need to begin the next phase of their life. When small, family-owned businesses are part of the marital estate, we have the skills to that ensure a proper estimate is given.

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