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Robert Frost’s famous poem, “The Road Not Taken”1 provides a guiding lesson for family law practitioners in strategizing their cases. Often when commencing a complex case, we must choose which of the alternative paths to take. One such choice is the Disentitlement Doctrine, which instructs that a party in derogation or breach of a court ord...

APPLYING PEOPLE V. SANCHEZ TO...

Hon. Mark Simmons, Hon. Thomas Trent Lewis Ret.

In 2016, the California Supreme Court reinstated a traditional hearsay rule applicable to...

IS THE MINIMUM REALLY GOOD ENO...

Hon. Thomas Trent Lewis Ret.

Published cases may unintentionally create a false impression. Affirming the trial court f...

TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR USING TEC...

Hon. Thomas Trent Lewis Ret., Eve Lopez

In January 2017, the marriage between an iPod, a digital camera, a cell phone, and a PDA r...

RETROACTIVITY OF FAMILY CODE S...

Dawn Gray, Hon. Thomas Trent Lewis Ret.

Introduction On July 20, 2015, the California Supreme Court issued In re Marriage of Davi...

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