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...
David Shebby
Few provisions of the Evidence Code are more habitually cited by family law practitioners...
Michele Brown, CFLS
Compassion. Kindness. Patience. Honesty. These are the virtues we have been taught from th...
Nathan Gabbard
Dear Reader, It is with great pleasure we share the thoughtful works of our wonderful auth...
Mark E. Sullivan
What happens with military pensions in a divorce? To illustrate the answer, imagine receiv...
Ronald S. Granberg, CFLS
You are familiar with the “Stepped-Up Basis Rule”: an inherited asset receives...