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Introduction On July 20, 2015, the California Supreme Court issued In re Marriage of Davis, 61 Cal. 4th 846 (2015) (Davis). For the purpose of determining when a couple is “separated” and thus no longer acquiring community property, Davis adopted the reasoning from Norviel1 and construed the phrase “living separate and apart” as requ...

Few provisions of the Evidence Code are more habitually cited by family law practitioners...

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Michele Brown, CFLS

Compassion. Kindness. Patience. Honesty. These are the virtues we have been taught from th...

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Nathan Gabbard

Dear Reader, It is with great pleasure we share the thoughtful works of our wonderful auth...

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Mark E. Sullivan

What happens with military pensions in a divorce? To illustrate the answer, imagine receiv...

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YOUR STEPPED-UP BASI...

Ronald S. Granberg, CFLS

You are familiar with the “Stepped-Up Basis Rule”: an inherited asset receives...

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