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Family,
California Courts of Appeal

Sep. 20, 2021

Support can be determined objectively in marital dissolutions

Determining the amount of support in a marital dissolution action is relatively simple and straightforward when the parties have stable and predictable incomes. It is more challenging when their incomes fluctuate from year to year.

Franklin R. Garfield

Garfield & Tepper

Email: frank@frankgarfield.com

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Determining the amount of support in a marital dissolution action is relatively simple and straightforward when the parties have stable and predictable incomes. It is more challenging when their incomes fluctuate from year to year. In Marriage of Pletcher, 2021 DJDAR 9517 (Sept. 10, 2021), the 4th District Court of Appeal reaffirmed the principle enunciated in

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