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...
Seth Kramer
There are many things about the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists that make...
Debra Frank
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Belinda Hanson Jeff Makoff
It’s an increasingly common scenario—you engage in multiple rounds of settleme...
James Schaefer
Have you ever noticed that forensic accountants seem to always disagree … and the m...
Greg Ellis
The right to appeal a California superior court decision is statutory.1 The principal stat...
Robert Roth
This article reviews the key rules for stays pending appeal in family law cases. Understan...
Charles Goldstein Joseph Goldstein
Every owner of a law practice has two jobs. One is practicing law and the other is running...
Rick Cohen, CFLS
ACFLS’s Amicus Committee provides a major benefit to certified family law specialist...
Seth Kramer
Thirty years ago I became a certified family law specialist—a designation that was t...
Debra Frank
As the Specialist goes to press in early December for the first issue of 2017, I am writin...
Greg Herring Cassandra Glanville
In 1996 the California Law Revision Commission (“LRC”) developed and proposed...
Jeri Hamlin Rebecca Wightman
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Christine Gille Debra Frank Lloyd Kaye
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Sharon Bryan
This is not intended as a treatise on cross-examination, but rather a reduction sauce of t...
Seth Kramer
Among family law attorneys, the Association of Certified Family Law Specialist is known by...