CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Spousal Support
......Date Payments Due/Orders Effective
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  • If no date specified in order, support due last day of month.
  • A trial court’s oral ruling on a motion does not become effective until it is filed in writing with the clerk or entered in the minutes.
  • Alimony payable in full on date due; no proration permitted if W remarries later that month.
  • Support payments vest in full on date due; no proration allowed.
  • Support orders become operative at moment of pronouncement, not date formal order is signed.