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the job market for those skills; the time and expenses required for the supported party to acquire the appropriate education or training to develop those skills; and the possible need for retraining or education to acquire other, more marketable skills or employment.<br \/>\n(2) The extent to which the supported party\u2019s present or future earning capacity is impaired by periods of unemployment that were incurred during the marriage to permit the supported party to devote time to domestic duties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(b)<\/strong> The extent to which the supported party contributed to the attainment of an education, training, a career position, or a license by the supporting party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(c)<\/strong> The ability of the supporting party to pay spousal support, taking into account the supporting party\u2019s earning capacity, earned and unearned income, assets, and standard of living.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(d)<\/strong> The needs of each party based on the standard of living established during the marriage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(e)<\/strong> The obligations and assets, including the separate property, of each party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(f)<\/strong> The duration of the marriage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(g)<\/strong> The ability of the supported party to engage in gainful employment without unduly interfering with the interests of dependent children in the custody of the party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(h)<\/strong> The age and health of the parties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(i)<\/strong> All documented evidence of any history of domestic violence, as defined in Section 6211, between the parties or perpetrated by either party against either party\u2019s child, including, but not limited to, consideration of:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(1) A plea of nolo contendere.<br \/>\n(2) Emotional distress resulting from domestic violence perpetrated against the supported party by the supporting party.<br \/>\n(3) Any history of violence against the supporting party by the supported party.<br \/>\n(4) Issuance of a protective order after a hearing pursuant to Section 6340.<br \/>\n(5) A finding by a court during the pendency of a divorce, separation, or child custody proceeding, or other proceeding under Division 10 (commencing with Section 6200), that the spouse has committed domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(j)<\/strong> The immediate and specific tax consequences to each party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(k)<\/strong> The balance of the hardships to each party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(l)<\/strong> The goal that the supported party shall be self-supporting within a reasonable period of time. Except in the case of a marriage of long duration as described in Section 4336, a \u201creasonable period of time\u201d for purposes of this section generally shall be one-half the length of the marriage. However, nothing in this section is intended to limit the court\u2019s discretion to order support for a greater or lesser length of time, based on any of the other factors listed in this section, Section 4336, and the circumstances of the parties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(m)<\/strong> The criminal conviction of an abusive spouse shall be considered in making a reduction or elimination of a spousal support award in accordance with Section 4324.5 or 4325.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(n)<\/strong> Any other factors the court determines are just and equitable.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enacted Stats 1992 ch 162 \u00a7 10 (AB 2650), operative January 1, 1994. Amended Stats 1996 ch 1163 \u00a7 1 (SB 509); Stats 1999 ch 284 \u00a7 1 (AB 808), ch 846 \u00a7 1.5 (AB 391); Stats 2001 ch 293 \u00a7 2 (SB 1221); Stats 2012 ch 718 \u00a7 1 (AB 1522), effective January 1, 2013; Stats 2013 ch 455 \u00a7 1 (AB 681), effective January 1, 2014; Stats 2015 ch 137 \u00a7 1 (SB 28), effective January 1, 2016; Stats 2018 ch 938 \u00a7 1 (AB 929), effective January 1, 2019.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>4320<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/\">CrowdSourceLawyers.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":2019,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1644","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FAM 4320 Spousal support factors - 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