CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Child Support
......Current C/S Guidelines
.........Hardships
............Case Law
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  • Amount of hardship granted is discretionary and reasonable to take into account new spouse's income in determining hardship deduction.
  • Neither extreme financial hardship nor special circumstances justified $700 hardship deduction for H's contribution to mother's support.
  • Trial ct.'s failure to comply with requirements of Fam. Code §4072 and make express findings re W's claimed hardship deduction is reversible error.
  • Child support payor entitled to hardship deduction due to birth of twins to self and new wife which caused extreme financial hardship.
  • No C/S hardship deduction to noncustodial parent based on his voluntary support of unadopted children of 2d wife.
  • Support of others for whom payor has no legal obligation to support not a hardship deduction per Agnos.
  • Business losses were not "uninsured catastrophic losses" and were, therefore, improperly considered as hardship.
  • Business reverses held not hardships for purposes of minimum award.
  • If hardship allowed in calculation of mandatory minimum, findings must be stated on record.


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