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Blackacre Facts, Your Honor   You are the judge in the Separatizer Sam/Communitizer Cora divorce.   Sam purchased Blackacre a week before marriage, making a $40,000 HSP down payment. CP made DOMDOS payments that reduced mortgage principal by $80,000. HSP made DOS-Current payments that reduced mortgage principal by another $20,000.   Blac...

MASTERING FAMILY CODE SECTION...

Leslie Ellen Shear, CFLS

Family Code section 3048 (the Synclair-Cannon Child Abduction Prevention Act of 2002) is t...

HONOR   Honor. Honor has been defined in many ways and by many people, but all incl...

EDITOR'S DESK FALL 2024, ISSUE...

Tracy Duell‑Cazes, CFLS

This edition of the Family Law Specialist starts with “Mastering Family Code Section...

ENFORCEMENT OF QDROS

David T. Ruegg, Esq.

You fought hard, the judgment your client wanted has been entered, the court ordered an eq...

Summary:   This article explores the benefits of Transformative Mediation in divorc...

Introduction   "The Last Waltz,” Martin Scorsese’s 1978 documentary, ca...

EDITOR’S CORNER- FALL 2024, IS...

Tracy Duell‑Cazes, CFLS

DISCOVERY SANCTIONS   The California Supreme Court reversed the appellate court in...

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