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Introduction On July 20, 2015, the California Supreme Court issued In re Marriage of Davis, 61 Cal. 4th 846 (2015) (Davis). For the purpose of determining when a couple is “separated” and thus no longer acquiring community property, Davis adopted the reasoning from Norviel1 and construed the phrase “living separate and apart” as requ...

LEVELING THE PLAYING...

Esther Rosenfeld Jennifer J. Hagan

Introduction Transparency and full disclosure are at the heart of any equitable marital...

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE...

Sherry Peterson, CFLS

Random Acts of Kindness  I honestly struggle when I sit down to write these messages...

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Welcome to our fall edition of the ACFLS Family Law Specialist. My thanks to the authors f...

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RESPONSE TO CRIMINAL...

Hon. Frank L. Birchak

I recently read the ACFLS Family Law Specialist publication for Summer 2023, No. 2. The ar...

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ACFLS AMICUS COMMITT...

Fredrick (Rick) Cohen Leslie Ellen Shear, CFLS

Work on the ACFLS Amicus Committee has its joys (getting opinions published and being cite...

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RECONSIDERING JOINT...

Deborah H. Wald

Custody cases often require courts to make challenging decisions in the best interests of...

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YES, VIRGINIA, THERE...

Judge Marjorie A. Slabach, Ret.

Those of you who sat in thrall to the excellent panel presentation in the Palm Springs 202...

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ACFLS has presented Preserving Your Appellate Rights in the Trial Court in two parts. Part...

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IT WAS A DARK AND RA...

S. Roger Rombro

On the rainy evening of September 27, 1849, the delegates of California’s first Cons...

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