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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...

ACFLS AMICUS COMMITT...

Rick Cohen, CFLS Leslie Ellen Shear

What Is the ACFLS Amicus Committee? The ACFLS Amicus Committee is a sub-committee of the...

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THE SECRET OF THE OV...

Leslie Ellen Shear

Thank you, Carolyn Keene1 Our work sometimes brings out my inner Nancy Drew.23 One of the...

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ACFLS AS AMICUS CURI...

Leslie Ellen Shear Stephen Temko Rick Cohen, CFLS

ACFLS has joined the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law as amici curiae in Bianka M. v....

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INSIDE THE ACFLS AMI...

Fredrick (Rick) Cohen Leslie Ellen Shear

ACFLS has influenced the development of California family law as amicus curiae for decades...

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