Child Support and Spousal Support Guidelines.

Child support and spousal support in California are generally determined by statutory guidelines. To calculate support, most attorneys and judges use a computer software tool called the DissoMaster. The DissoMaster is certified for use in all California Family Courts by the California Judicial Council. Our attorneys have significant experience in performing DissoMaster calculations. With more than 70 years of combined legal experience, our attorneys are aware of all issues critical to the determination of support.

It should be known that high income individuals are treated uniquely and outside of the guidelines. The same is true for individuals with moderate income and substantial assets.

If you have been presented with a DissoMaster calculation do not assume that it is accurate or complete. The value of a DissoMaster calculation depends on the information used to perform the calculation.

As the largest family law firm in the Bay Area, our team of attorneys has the ability to handle complex financial matters including the calculation of support. Issues that we regularly handle relating to support include:

• Child support and spousal support calculations involving self-employed parties
• Determination of income that varies by season
• Determination of income that varies by year
• Yearly and incentive bonuses and non-cash employment benefits
• The effects of unemployment and underemployment
• Deviations from the support guidelines

If you need an experienced family law attorney to provide an accurate DissoMaster calculation for a divorce or child support or spousal support modification, contact a family lawyer at Hoover & Bechtel, L.L.P. Please contact us by phone or e-mail with your questions.

With offices located in San Jose, CA, the family law attorneys of Hoover & Bechtel, L.L.P., serve clients throughout the Bay Area and Silicon Valley in Northern California. We routinely represent clients in the 11 Bay Area counties and beyond including Santa Clara County, Monterey County, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Santa Cruz County, San Mateo County, San Benito County. Many of our clients are located in the cities of San Jose, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Fremont, Milpitas, Palo Alto, Gilroy, Morgan Hill, Santa Cruz, Los Altos, Monte Sereno, Woodside, Menlo Park, and Atherton.

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