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Family

Nov. 30, 2016

Relief is available for child support glitches

What are you to do if you owe tens of thousands of dollars and most (if not all) of that accrued at an amount that was incorrect?

Haleh Rashidi

Law Office of Haleh Rashidi

26632 Towne Centre Dr Ste 300
Foothill Ranch , CA 92610-2814

Phone: (949) 420-3765

Fax: (310) 500-9334

Email: haleh@halehrashidilaw.com

Southwestern Univ School of Law

Haleh handles all aspects of family law litigation in Orange County and other Southern California counties.

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One of the harshest rules dealing with child support is the prohibition against retroactive modification. It works both ways: You can neither increase nor decrease the child support orders retroactively. Family Code Section 4009. So what are you to do if you owe tens of thousands of dollars and most (if not all) of that accrued at an amount that was incorrect, accrued during a time when the obligor was incarcerated, or accrued during a time when the obligor had primary physical custody of ...

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