Law Offices of Vanessa Novak

We assist clients in child support matters, including obtaining child support, modifying existing child support orders and enforcing such orders.

Child support is a parent's legal obligation to contribute money to the child's economic maintenance and education until the child turns 18 years of age.

Typically, one parent pays child support to the other parent for the child's expenses.

This obligation is enforcable by both civil and criminal law.

Child support payments are based on the amount of time a parent spends with the child and the parent's income, among other variables, and determined using a complex calculation.  The court looks to this guideline to establish child support orders.

Child Support Calculator - CA Dept of Child Support Services