California Court of Appeal

A trial court is precluded from any direct or indirect consideration of a subsequent spouse's or non-marital partner's income in determining or modifying spousal support, and such consideration in assessing ability to pay and standard of living was an abuse of discretion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/11/2002
• Published 07/11/2002

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Law Offices of James S. Terrell, Victorville, and Valerie Ross for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert J. O'Connor, Hesperia, for Respondent.