{"id":764,"date":"2020-03-13T23:54:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T23:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosevilledivorce.com\/?page_id=764"},"modified":"2021-06-02T15:58:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T15:58:14","slug":"equitable-factors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rosevilledivorce.com\/spousal-support\/equitable-factors\/","title":{"rendered":"Equitable Factors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Calculating permanent spousal support requires weighing the statutory factors found in Family Code 4320.\u00a0 While many of those factors have a significant bearing on the amount and duration of <a href=\"https:\/\/rosevilledivorce.com\/spousal-support\/\">spousal support<\/a>, some of the factors have little discussion in case law.\u00a0 These scarcely mentioned factors appear to be more of a catchall category to justify decisions when the principles of equity require a decision that departs from the more explicit factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tax Consequences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Permanent support has tax consequences for both parties, and the court must consider the immediate and specific tax consequences of spousal support to each party. \u00a0As of 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/sandlerlawfirm.com\/practices\/tax-changes-in-spousal-support-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spousal support is not deductible<\/a> by the payor, and it\u2019s not counted as taxable income to the recipient.\u00a0 This makes spousal support awards a tax-advantageous source of income to the supported spouse and a greater financial burden to the supporting spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Relative Hardship <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The\ncourt must also balance the hardships to each party. (See FC 4320(k))<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Just and Equitable Factors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The\ncourt can also consider any other factor that it believes just and equitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The just and equitable prong of the court\u2019s inquiry gives the family court substantial leeway in fixing spousal support consistent with the unique circumstances of the parties while accomplishing substantial justice for the parties.&nbsp; For example, the court may consider it just and equitable to consider monetary gifts received by a supported spouse from her parents in fixing spousal support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calculating permanent spousal support requires weighing the statutory factors found in Family Code 4320.\u00a0 While many of those factors have a significant bearing on the amount and duration of spousal support, some of the factors have little discussion in case law.\u00a0 These scarcely mentioned factors appear to be more of a catchall category to justify [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":661,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosevilledivorce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/764"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosevilledivorce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosevilledivorce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosevilledivorce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosevilledivorce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rosevilledivorce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":896,"href":"https:\/\/rosevilledivorce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/764\/revisions\/896"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosevilledivorce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosevilledivorce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}