Jan. 6, 2026
New law excludes VA disability benefits from court fee waiver income
A measure authored by Sen. Thomas J. Umberg prohibits California courts from treating veterans' disability compensation as income for fee waiver eligibility.
California will no longer count veterans' service-connected disability compensation as income when determining eligibility for superior court fee waivers under legislation signed into law this year.
Senate Bill 54, authored by Sen. Thomas J. Umberg, D-Garden Grove, addresses what advocates called a longstanding inequity in the state's fee waiver system. Under existing law, Californians who receive certain public benefits or earn no more than 200 percent of the federal pove...
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