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Family

Jan. 17, 2013

When does getting remarried terminate spousal support obligations?

Does the marriage ceremony of a spousal support recipient constitute a “remarriage” terminating her right to continue to receive spousal support when no marriage license was obtained? By Mitchell Jacobs and Christina Griffith


By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Christina E. S. Griffith


In the recent opinion in Left v. Left, 208 Cal. App. 4th 1137 (2012), the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 2, considered whether the ostensibly real marriage ceremony of a spousal support recipient constitutes a "remarriage" terminating her right to continue to receive spousal support when no marriage license was obtained. Prior case law has settled that, even when a remarriage is voidable ...

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