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...
Peggy Swearingen, CPA, ABV, CFF
When preparing an analysis of the parties’ income for purpose of setting support, th...