Request for Order – Custody/Child Support/Visitation
This matter is before the Court on Petitioner/Father’s May 21, 2026, Request for Order (RFO) to modify child visitation and support regarding the parties’ two shared children, Abigail (DOB: 12/16/2013) and Aaliyah (DOB: 11/13/2021).
Father seeks to expand his timeshare to have the children on the second, third, and fourth weekends from Friday 7 PM through Sunday 7 PM with Mother to drop the children off on Friday evening and he will return them to her on Sunday evening. Father also requests to change the child support order that was issued in the Judgment on November 20, 2025, in the amount of $856 per month payable by Father.
Mother filed a responsive declaration indicating that she is opposed to Father’s requests. She states that she works full-time and would not want to lose time with their daughters by limiting her time with them during the weekends. To provide Father with the option to have more time with the children, Mother proposes that Father have weeknight dinners.
On June 23, 2026, Marin Family Court Services (FCS) submitted its report. The parties were both interviewed by FCS.
Child Support
Father submitted his Income and Expense Declaration (IED) on May 21, 2026. Father reports $3,640 in W2 wages (he reports working 40 hours a week at $21.00 an hour). He reports his tax filing as single. Consistent with the recommendations from FCS, Father will have 13% parenting time. Father did not comply with Local Rule MCR Fam §7.13 and did not submit his current taxes.
Mother also did not comply with Local Rule MCR Fam §7.13 and did not submit current paycheck stubs for her jobs. Mother’s June 15, 2026, IED reports that she makes $8,670 in W2 income as well $856 in monthly child support from Father. Mother’s custodial time is 87%.
The following inputs were used in the attached XSpouse calculations.
Father’s monthly inputs:
1. $3,640 income
2. 13% timeshare
Mother’s monthly inputs:
1. $8,670 income
2. 87% timeshare
Based on the foregoing, the court calculates child support to be $787, payable by Father to Mother, payable half on the first day of each month and half on the 15th day of each month, continuing until further order of this Court, or until the child involved marries, dies, is emancipated, reaches age 19, or reaches age 18 and is not a full-time high school student, whichever occurs first.
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Child Visitation
The Court has reviewed the report from FCS as well as the submissions of the parties. The Court finds good cause and that it is in the best interest of the children to adopt the recommendations from FCS as it relates to child custody and visitation, as modified, as follows:
All prior orders not in conflict with the below shall remain in effect with the following modifications.
1. Parental Timeshare: The children shall be in Father’s custody on the second and fourth weekends from Friday 7 PM through Sunday 7 PM. Whenever he is available to do so, Father may have an afterschool visit with the children during the weekdays until 7 PM provided he gives Mother at least one-week advance notice. Father may have additional parenting time with the children at any time per mutual parental agreement. The children shall be in Mother’s custody at all other times when not in Father’s custody.
2. Father shall continue to be responsible for transportation for the exchanges until further court order. Father shall pick up and drop off the children at Mother’s home.
3. Abigail shall be encouraged to participate in the weekly Friday 5:30 PM video call with Father. However, she shall not be mandated to do so. Father and Abigail may connect with one another at any time via text, calls, etc. during the week.
4. The children shall not address Father by his first name.
5. If the “Parenting Education & Child Development Course” class that Father completed cannot be verified through a course syllabus as a coparenting class, Father shall complete a coparenting class such as the class entitled “Divorce/Coparenting Education & Family Stabilization Course” offered through American Integrity Courses. Father may complete a coparenting class through another provider if he chooses.
6. Provided that Father has completed his coparenting class, has been consistent in exercising his alternating weekend custody time, has continued to adhere to court orders, and provided the custody schedule has been working well for the girls, joint legal custody shall be awarded commencing November 25, 2026.
As authorized by CRC Rule 5.125, the Court shall prepare the Findings and Order After Hearing.
Parties must comply with Marin County Superior Court Local Rules, Rule 7.12(B), (C), which provide that if a party wants to present oral argument, the party must contact the Court at (415) 444-7046 and all opposing parties by 4:00 p.m. the court day preceding the scheduled hearing. Notice may be by telephone or in person to all other parties that argument is being requested (i.e., it is not necessary to speak with counsel or parties directly.) Unless the Court and all parties have been notified of a request to present oral argument, no oral argument will be permitted except by order of the Court. In the event no party requests oral argument in accordance with Rule 7.12(C), the tentative ruling shall become the order of the court.
IT IS ORDERED that evidentiary hearings shall be in-person in Department B. For routine appearances, the parties may access Department B for video conference via a link on the court website. Litigants in the virtual courtroom are required to leave the video screen on and wait for your case to be called.
FURTHER ORDERED that the parties are responsible for ensuring that they have a good connection and that they are available for the hearing. If the connection is inadequate, the Court may proceed with the hearing in the party’s absence.
vasquez v contreras fl0002203.xsp Xspouse 2026-1-CA
Fixed Shares Father Mother Monthly figures Cash Flow #of children 0 2 2026 Guideline Proposed % time with NCP 13.00 % 0.00 % Comb. net spendable 9736 9736 Filing status SINGLE SINGLE GUIDELINE Percent change 0% 0% # exemptions 1 * 3 * Nets(adjusted) Father Wages+salary 3640 8670 Father 3006 Payment cost/benefit -787 -664 Self-employed income 0 0 Mother 6730 Net spendable income 2219 2342 Other taxable income 0 0 Total 9736 Change from guideline 0 123 TANF+CS received 0 0 Support Other nontaxble income 0 0 Addons % of combined spendable 23% 24% 0 New spouse income 0 0 Guideln CS % of saving over guideline 0% 0% -787 401(k) employee contrib 0 0 Total taxes 634 410 Marin SS 0 Adjustments to income 0 0 Dep. exemption value 0 0 Total -787 SS paid prev marriage 0 0 # withholding allowances 0 0 - CS paid prev marriage 0 0 Settings changed Net wage paycheck 2892 2892 Health insurance 0 0 Mother Other medical expense 0 0 Payment cost/benefit 787 664 Property tax expense 0 0 Net spendable income 7516 7393 Ded interest expense 0 0 Proposed Change from guideline 0 -123 Charitable contributions 0 0 Tactic 9 % of combined spendable 77% 76% Misc tax deductions 0 0 CS -888 Qual bus income ded 0 0 SS % of saving over guideline 0% 0% 0 Required union dues 0 0 Total Total taxes 1940 2165 -888 Mandatory retirement 0 0 Dep. exemption value 0 0 Hardship deduction 0 * 0 * Saving 0 # withholding allowances 0 0 Other GDL deductions 0 0 Releases 1 Net wage paycheck 6053 6053 Child care expenses 0 0 Released to Father
Father pays Guideline CS, Proposed CS
FC 4055 checking: ON Per Child Information Timeshare cce(F) cce(M) Addons Payor Basic CS Payor Pres CS Payor All children 13 - 87 0 0 0 Father 787 Father 787 Father
Abigail 13 - 87 0 0 0 Father 287 Father 287 Father Aaliyah 13 - 87 0 0 0 Father 500 Father 500 Father
Time: 17:16:42 Superior Court of California Date: 07/06/26 County of Marin