PART 3. SPOUSAL SUPPORT [4300. - 4360.]
Part 3 enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10.
§§ 4300–4360 · 26 sections
CHAPTER 1. Duty to Support Spouse §§ 4300–4303 · 4 sections
- § 4300 Subject to this division, a person shall support the person’s spouse.
- § 4301 Subject to Section 914, a person shall support the person’s spouse while they are living together out of the separate property of the person when there is no…
- § 4302 A person is not liable for support of the person’s spouse when the person is living separate from the spouse by agreement unless support is stipulated in the…
- § 4303 (a) The obligee spouse, or the county on behalf of the obligee spouse, may bring an action against the obligor spouse to enforce the duty of support. (b) If…
CHAPTER 2. Factors to be Considered in Ordering Support §§ 4320–4326 · 8 sections
- § 4320 In ordering spousal support under this part, the court shall consider all of the following circumstances: (a) The extent to which the earning capacity of each…
- § 4321 In a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation of the parties, the court may deny support to a party out of the separate property of the other…
- § 4322 In an original or modification proceeding, where there are no children, and a party has or acquires a separate estate, including income from employment,…
- § 4323 (a) (1) Except as otherwise agreed to by the parties in writing, there is a rebuttable presumption, affecting the burden of proof, of decreased need for…
- § 4324 In addition to any other remedy authorized by law, when a spouse is convicted of attempting to murder the other spouse, as punishable pursuant to subdivision…
- § 4324.5 (a) In any proceeding for dissolution of marriage where there is a criminal conviction for a violent sexual felony or a domestic violence felony perpetrated by…
- § 4325 (a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage where there is a criminal conviction for a domestic violence misdemeanor or a criminal conviction for a…
- § 4326 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), in a proceeding in which a spousal support order exists or in which the court has retained jurisdiction over a…
CHAPTER 3. Spousal Support Upon Dissolution or Legal Separation §§ 4330–4339 · 10 sections
- § 4330 (a) In a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation of the parties, the court may order a party to pay for the support of the other party an…
- § 4331 (a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation of the parties, the court may order a party to submit to an examination by a vocational…
- § 4332 In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation of the parties, the court shall make specific factual findings with respect to the standard…
- § 4333 An order for spousal support in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation of the parties may be made retroactive to the date of filing…
- § 4334 (a) If a court orders spousal support for a contingent period of time, the obligation of the supporting party terminates on the happening of the contingency.…
- § 4335 An order for spousal support terminates at the end of the period provided in the order and shall not be extended unless the court retains jurisdiction in the…
- § 4336 (a) Except on written agreement of the parties to the contrary or a court order terminating spousal support, the court retains jurisdiction indefinitely in a…
- § 4337 Except as otherwise agreed by the parties in writing, the obligation of a party under an order for the support of the other party terminates upon the death of…
- § 4338 In the enforcement of an order for spousal support, the court shall resort to the property described below in the order indicated: (a) The earnings, income, or…
- § 4339 The court may order the supporting party to give reasonable security for payment of spousal support.
CHAPTER 4. Payment to Court-Designated Officer; Enforcement by District Attorney §§ 4350–4352 · 3 sections
- § 4350 In any proceeding where a court makes or has made an order requiring the payment of spousal support, the court may direct that payment shall be made to the…
- § 4351 (a) In a proceeding where the court has entered an order pursuant to Section 4350, the court may also refer the matter of enforcement of the spousal support…
- § 4352 (a) Insofar as expenses of the county officer designated by the court and expenses of the local child support agency incurred in the enforcement of an order…
CHAPTER 5. Provision for Support After Death of Supporting Party § 4360 · 1 section
- § 4360 (a) For the purpose of Section 4320, where it is just and reasonable in view of the circumstances of the parties, the court, in determining the needs of a…