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<\/a>Not all relationships are happy, well balanced unions. There may be issues of domestic violence<\/a> involving either spouse. The end result is that it leaves not only a criminal record, if the perpetrator is convicted, but may also affect other situations in the future.<\/p>\nAn example of domestic violence affecting something in the future would be a male spouse, prior to marriage, being involved in an incident with his partner in which she brandished a firearm at him. Although the wife was arrested and charged, contrary to the uncooperative man\u2019s direct wishes, she was ultimately granted probation on a lesser charge. The case was dismissed when she completed probation.<\/p>\n
About a decade later, the marriage disintegrated and the husband wishes to avoid paying temporary spousal support because of the wife\u2019s previous history of violence. Is that possible?<\/p>\n
The ruling legislation for situations such as this is the California Family Code \u2013 specifically sections 3600, (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Not all relationships are happy, well balanced unions. There may be issues of domestic violence involving either spouse. The end result is that it leaves not only a criminal record, if the perpetrator is convicted, but may also affect other…<\/span><\/p>\n