The romantic notion that California has always been a community property state with a concomitant equality between spouses is false. It is true that the delegates to California’s 1849 constitutional convention did focus upon married women’s property rights. Their focus, however, was limited to separate property. Moreover, although the delegates d...
Deborah H. Wald
On June 26, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued its historic rulings in the compa...
Deborah H. Wald
Custody cases often require courts to make challenging decisions in the best interests of...