San Jose Spousal Support Lawyer
Santa Clara Alimony Attorney
The legal understanding, negotiating skills, and courtroom experience of your divorce lawyer can make a critical difference in whether you receive spousal support or avoid paying support. For advice and skillful representation on spousal support issues, talk with an experienced San Jose spousal support attorney.
Contact the law office of John S. Yohanan to discuss your divorce. I have been helping clients to negotiate alimony agreements for more than 30 years. My experience with complex marital estates and my access to financial experts gives my clients a significant advantage in the assertion and protection of spousal support claims.
Secure the Alimony You Need
I have extensive experience in the California family law courts helping my clients resolve disputes concerning:
- Temporary spousal support (based on state or county guidelines to help maintain the financial status quo of the parties during the divorce proceedings)
- Permanent spousal support
- Motions to modify spousal support based on changed circumstances
- Enforcement of alimony payments
My experience with difficult spousal support questions and my creativity in finding effective solutions can represent an excellent opportunity for you to survive your divorce in better shape than you thought possible.
Understanding Alimony Awards
Alimony awards are based upon many different variables, such as:
- Receiving spouse's education, health, work history and earning potential
- Length of the marriage
- Paying spouse's income, earning potential and health
- Existence and enforceability of a prenuptial agreement
- Standard of living during the marriage
I can help you maximize the value of your spousal support payments or minimize the burden of making them by considering alimony in the context of division of the community property and child support rights and obligations.
Taxation Issues and Spousal Support
Alimony is normally tax-deductible to the paying party and represents taxable income to the receiving party. By structuring your overall divorce settlement carefully, certain distributions of property can be made in lieu of spousal support in order to reduce the receiving party's tax liability. In other words, a relatively low spousal support award can sometimes work to the receiving party's advantage, if the property division is structured properly.
Whether you expect to receive or pay alimony, contact my San Jose law office for sophisticated spousal support advice from an experienced Santa Clara alimony lawyer.