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...
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...