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Spousal support: fourteen factors, no statewide formula
Judgment spousal support in California is a FACTOR decision — earning capacities against the marital standard of living, contributions, ability to pay, needs, obligations and assets, duration, age and health, documented domestic violence, tax consequences, hardships, and the goal of self-support within a reasonable period (generally half the marriage's length for shorter marriages). Ten years to separation raises the long-duration presumption: support jurisdiction stays open indefinitely absent agreement or a terminating order.
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Temporary support commonly runs on local guideline schedules through certified calculators; a qualifying domestic-violence conviction triggers statutory presumptions against support to the convicted spouse. No amounts render here — the factors are the law.
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