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...
Greg Herring
California’s family law policies and remedies can be attractive to out-of-state part...
Thomas Kenney Rachel Leff-Kich
Retroactivity of support orders continues to be a hotbutton issue in California. Over the...
Seth Kramer
As its name clearly indicates, the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists is an o...
Debra Frank
Happy New Year to All. Christine Gille should be back in her editor’s role for the n...
Lisa McCall
Motions in limine provide an opportunity for creative lawyering at the outset of a case. T...
Kenny Pierce
What is “phantom income”? “Phantom income” can be an issue when d...
Louise Nixon Ann Fallon Michael Low Richard Muir Lorrina Duffy
County Plans, Legal Separation, and Survivor Benefits. Despite California being a communi...
Cari Pines Kevin James Mooney
From organizing your office to creating pleadings or calendar entries, there’s an ap...
Kim Cheatum
Introduction “[E]ither spouse has the management and control of the community perso...
Seth Kramer
Judge Thomas Trent Lewis would often say that family law attorneys are not only lawyers bu...
Debra Frank
Our lead article for this issue of the Specialist is Kim W. Cheatum’s (Law Office of...
Lisa McCall Marjorie Fuller
What it is, when you are entitled to one, why it matters, and how to process it The...
James Dooley
In People v. Sanchez, the 2016 California Supreme Court held expert witnesses can no longe...
Jeremy J. Salvador
In April 2017, we were told that proposed federal tax reform would bring major changes. Ma...
Vanessa Wills
Owning a piece of the California Dream can be expensive. As a result, it has become more...