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...
Fredrick (Rick) Cohen Leslie Ellen Shear, CFLS
Work on the ACFLS Amicus Committee has its joys (getting opinions published and being cite...
Fredrick (Rick) Cohen
In any civil case (including Family Law) tried to the court (meaning not a jury trial), af...
Fredrick (Rick) Cohen Leslie Ellen Shear
ACFLS has influenced the development of California family law as amicus curiae for decades...