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The romantic notion that California has always been a community property state with a concomitant equality between spouses is false. It is true that the delegates to California’s 1849 constitutional convention did focus upon married women’s property rights. Their focus, however, was limited to separate property. Moreover, although the delegates d...

Introduction “[E]ither spouse has the management and control of the community perso...

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Judge Thomas Trent Lewis would often say that family law attorneys are not only lawyers bu...

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EDITOR’S DESK

Debra Frank

Our lead article for this issue of the Specialist is Kim W. Cheatum’s (Law Office of...

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THE STATEMENT OF DEC...

Lisa McCall Marjorie Fuller

What it is, when you are entitled to one, why it matters, and how to process it  The...

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In People v. Sanchez, the 2016 California Supreme Court held expert witnesses can no longe...

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THE NEW TAX LEGISLAT...

Jeremy J. Salvador

In April 2017, we were told that proposed federal tax reform would bring major changes. Ma...

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