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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...

Working in Silicon Valley I see a number of clients who have equity compensation including...

In my first few months as ACFLS President, we have had to confront a topic that has sparke...

EDITOR’S DESK SPRING 2025, ISS...

Tracy Duell‑Cazes, CFLS

Welcome to this edition of The Specialist. We have a good mix of topics for this edition....

EXAMINING BIAS: A GUIDE FOR FA...

Murphy Alafognis, PhD, Michael Kerner, PhD

In child custody cases, maintaining objectivity and fairness can be particularly challengi...

NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF...

Brittany Vild, CPA, CFE

Assessing self-employed income in family law cases can pose distinct challenges. Unlike sa...

I REALLY MEAN THIS—WHY YOU NEE...

Marc Peter Kaplan, CFLS

(Pass it on, if you are already a specialist to someone you know will make a great special...

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN: THE UNUSED...

Marshall S. Zolla, Deborah Elizabeth Zolla

Robert Frost’s famous poem, “The Road Not Taken”1 provides a guiding les...

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