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...
Michele Brown, CFLS
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Debra Frank
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Lynette Berg Robe
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Robert L. Lafer
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Judge Marjorie A. Slabach, Ret.
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Lawrence E. Leone
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Christine Gille
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Dawn Gray, CFLS
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Heidi Tuffias
This cannot possibly be worth it. I am leaving the office for two weeks and have spent the...