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The 2024 ACFLS Holiday Party was another great success and 102 family law specialists, judicial offi cers, and their respective families gathered at the Sir Frances Drake Hotel in San Francisco to celebrate each other, the holiday season, our award recipients and to just have fun. For those of you who missed it this year, be on the lookout for next year&rsqu...

MASTERING FAMILY COD...

Leslie Ellen Shear, CFLS

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

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE...

Sherry Peterson, CFLS

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

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EDITOR'S DESK FALL 2...

Tracy Duell‑Cazes, CFLS

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

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ENFORCEMENT OF QDROS

David T. Ruegg, Esq.

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

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BEYOND THE BATTLE: T...

Jeffrey P. Blum

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

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MILITARY PENSION DIV...

Mark E. Sullivan

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

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EDITOR’S CORNER- FAL...

Tracy Duell‑Cazes, CFLS

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

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