Reducing Spousal Support Based on Obligations

The parties' respective assets and obligations, including the separate property of each

In some cases, the supported party’s separate estate (including assets allocated to him or her in the community property division), and its reasonable income potential, may be a sufficient basis to seek a reduction in, or termination of, previously awarded spousal support.

We can also seek a modification of support even if your former spouse has dissipated her separate estate (that either alone or in conjunction with employment earnings would have been sufficient to provide self-support) through improvident investments and mismanagement by arguing that, as both a personal and public policy matter, the court should not reward a supported spouse for the mismanagement of her estate.