How To Complete The Marital Settlement Agreement | California Divorce

[@divorce661]

The divorce judgment is the trickiest part of the divorce process in California

[@eugenehwang2754]

Thank you for your information. Q1: Separate MSA is not mandatory requirement if assets and debts are limited enough to write on FL345, right? Q2: Division of community property doesn't have to be 50/50, right? I want to give current house to her but I ask her to pay me $100,000 when she sell the house later because she wants to live in this house and doesn't want to sell it now. $100,000 is lot less than net proceeds of the house. NO minor child is involved. Then FL180 plus 343 and 345 are the form required to file for final judgement, right? Thank you so much.

[@divorce661]

Some counties order the MSA over the forms. Assets do not need to be divided 50/50 if in agreement to that. Aside from the 180, 343,345 there are all the other procedural judgment forms (170,144,141 etc)

[@normawithbloom7303]

Under the spousal support on 170, if there is no written agreement, then I need to also fill out the FL157? I’m guessing I need to check the “terminate…” box on that form to match other docs? Do I have to answer #3 on the 157?

[@normawithbloom7303]

Do we have to include the license plate or vin? Or is year, make and model sufficient?

[@divorce661]

Year make model and license plate

[@divorce661]

Year make model and license plate

[@normawithbloom7303]

@@divorce661 what if you are not able to get the license number?

[@normawithbloom7303]

For the child support begin date, can we put a date starting when the other person left? Does this date need to match anything in the petition?

[@divorce661]

Start date doesn’t need to march anything. We usually use a start date the 1st if the month following when we submit the judgment

[@CaseyTessa637]

Hi! Is a memorandum of limited understanding from 2019 considered a custody order or court order? I am trying to get my daughter tested for an IEP at her school but the other party is refusing. The school is asking if we have a custody or court order but the only thing we have is the MOU where everything on it is being violated. Please help

[@divorce661]

Not usually unless it has been filed with the court but normally a MOU is not filed with the court. For it to be an order It would need to be drafted as a stipulation and signed by the parties and the court

[@CaseyTessa637]

@@divorce661 thank you for your quick response. it was signed by both parties and the mediator/child custody recommending counselor.

[@normawithbloom7303]

Would the box on FL343 “court finds” be checked if it is a default no response?

[@divorce661]

Yes, court finds if true default or no agreement

[@normawithbloom7303]

@@divorce661 thank you