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...
Leslie Ellen Shear, CFLS
Family Code section 3048 (the Synclair-Cannon Child Abduction Prevention Act of 2002) is t...
Sherry Peterson, CFLS
HONOR Honor. Honor has been defined in many ways and by many people, but all incl...
Tracy Duell‑Cazes, CFLS
This edition of the Family Law Specialist starts with “Mastering Family Code Section...
David T. Ruegg, Esq.
You fought hard, the judgment your client wanted has been entered, the court ordered an eq...
Jeffrey P. Blum
Summary: This article explores the benefits of Transformative Mediation in divorc...
Mark E. Sullivan
Introduction "The Last Waltz,” Martin Scorsese’s 1978 documentary, ca...
Tracy Duell‑Cazes, CFLS
DISCOVERY SANCTIONS The California Supreme Court reversed the appellate court in...