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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...

MAKING IT STICK: HOW...

Belinda Hanson Joyce Chang

I. INTRODUCTION Imagine it is the eleventh hour of the final day of a multiday settlement...

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE...

Sherry Peterson, CFLS

TEAMWORK The Foundation and Engine of ACFLS  Teamwork has been defined as the coll...

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Welcome to our Winter edition of the ACFLS Family Law Specialist. My thanks to the authors...

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RETHINKING THE PRENU...

Tanya E. Prioste

It’s time to change the default model for creating a premarital agreement. For too l...

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VALUING CRYPTOCURREN...

Ariel Leichter-Maroko

INTRODUCTION In the past decade, the financial landscape has witnessed a transformative e...

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California family law practitioners are behind the rest of the country in dealing with cul...

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Introduction – “What’s SBP?” The Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) is o...

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Introduction. Written briefs are a substantial component of advocacy in the trial court a...

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THE BURDEN OF TRACIN...

S. Roger Rombro

The community property laws under the Spanish Mexican system directed that all income acqu...

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