Spousal support is a result of many different California divorce cases, and this form of support is ordered or sometimes agreed upon in a divorce mediation in order to prevent financial inequities that would severely harm a spouse who may not have been generating much or any income during the marriage.  Generally, courts have a wide degree of discretion when it comes to ordering spousal support payments, but if a new bill that's been introduced to the state legislature becomes a law, that discretion could be somewhat curtailed.

When people who are public figures by nature decide that it’s time to end their marriage, there are several ways that they can go about handling the process.  Generally, people in this position would be well served – as would their families – by working towards a solution as discreetly as possible.  Unfortunately, the ongoing California divorce case involving Frank and Jamie McCourt has been anything but discreet, and people all over Southern California are suffering as a result.