Petaluma support cases present a challenge that courts handle poorly and that mediation handles well: significant income disparity between a Bay Area commuter and a locally employed spouse, with both child and spousal support dependent on accurately characterizing compensation structures that include RSUs, bonuses, and deferred income that varies year to year. Marla Keenan-Rivero's Petaluma support mediation addresses both child and spousal support through a process that starts with full financial disclosure and produces agreements that reflect what both parties actually earn—not what a guideline formula calculates from an incomplete picture.

Petaluma's commuter economy creates support cases where the standard guideline calculation may dramatically understate or overstate the paying parent's income in any given year. Multi-year RSU grants that vest on technology company schedules, annual bonuses that vary by company performance, and base salaries that don't capture total compensation—all of these require a support mediator who understands how California Family Code Section 4058 characterizes each income component and how to structure an agreement that accurately reflects the real financial picture. Marla's 24 years in Sonoma County family law give her exactly that expertise.

Petaluma child and spousal support mediation covers accurate income determination for both child and spousal support purposes, multi-year documentation review for variable compensation structures, spousal support duration and modification provisions, child support allocation including childcare and educational expenses, tax implications of support under current law, and provisions for future modification when income changes materially. Available at Marla's Santa Rosa office or via secure video.

Call (707) 525-8800 or email Tidwell@perrylaw.net.