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California Foster and Adoption

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Requirements for Fostering To become a foster parent in California, you must have a license. Couples must pass criminal and civil background checks. Their living situations, lifestyle choices, and work schedules will be assessed to ensure that it is suitable. Health and safety standards must be met and there has to be space for whatever child is placed there. Looking at your home, living situation, age and work schedule will allow a foster licensing worker to determine what foster children are a good match for an applicant’s living arrangement. Requirements for Adoption There are a lot of parallels between fostering and adopting. The checks will go a bit deeper and employment history will be carefully examined. Safety and security are the primary concerns on the part of the state when releasing a child into the care of an adoptive family. The more thorough a background check, the less likely that a child will be placed in a home that will be temporary. Some ...

Is College Tuition Included in Child Support?

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Whether a couple was ever legally married or not, once a child enters into the picture, so does the issue of how to support that child. The end result is essentially the same: the non-custodial parent pays what the court assigns to pay for the needs of the child. It is called child support. The amount depends on many different factors and may be something both parents agree to without arbitration. Child support while children are still children happens many different ways. It exists because there are expenses that the custodial parent has to pay, and many child support agreements factor in a percentage of medical costs. Read more at: https://majdlawfirm.com/2018/04/11/is-college-tuition-included-in-child-support/

Have Kids? Get a Prenuptial Agreement

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Asking for a prenuptial agreement can be very intimidating. It is almost implying that you think, before the vows are made, that you think things may not work out. It is kind of a reminder that you have a divorce lawyer on speed dial, or at least it used to be. Prenuptials are no longer all about protecting financial assets. More and more couples are having children prior to marriage so going into a marriage, there is added responsibility if the end comes a little sooner than forever. So protecting your financial assets is the reason for the agreement, but there is less of a feeling of doubt in the proposition. Read More at: https://majdlawfirm.com/2018/04/05/have-kids-get-a-prenuptial-agreement/ Farbod Majd Esq. Divorce Attorney w/ offices in Beverly Hills/Los Angeles Services in English, Turkish, and Farsi/Persian (Iranian/American Lawyer) 8383 Wilshire Blvd Suite 646, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 310.956.4600 | Fax: 310.878.8989 | Fmajd@FmajdLaw.com ...