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...
Andrew Botros
Defining the Problem Imagine the following not so atypical dissolution case. It’s a...
Sherry Peterson
The Road Less Traveled Each of us came to the practice of law for different reasons. Some...
Debra Frank
Welcome to our summer edition of the ACFLS Family Law Specialist. My thanks to the authors...
Rick Cohen, CFLS, Leslie Ellen Shear
What Is the ACFLS Amicus Committee? The ACFLS Amicus Committee is a sub-committee of the...
Stephen Temko, Dennis Temko Esq.
Improper compliance with the Evidence Code, the Code of Civil Procedure, or the Rules of C...
Jennifer Saunders
We pound the keys, press the buttons, click send, and now we can relax knowing we have tra...
Mark Rosenfeld
Introduction Many of us thought that, as lawyers, we would be standing on a “bridge...
James M. Hallett
Most ACFLS members know by now what collaborative divorce is, at least in general terms. T...
Mark E. Sullivan
One of the time limits in the military divorce process is the one-year deadline for the Su...
Thomas Pastore
Many family law matters become contentious and emotional. However, California is a communi...