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...
Christine Gille
Grateful Thanks This is my first “Editor’s Column” since being elected...
John Chason
As family law practitioners, we regularly meet with clients and potential clients who need...
Hon. Thomas Trent Lewis Ret. Eve Lopez
In January 2017, the marriage between an iPod, a digital camera, a cell phone, and a PDA r...
Warren Shiell Kamran Hassanpour
“Clinton aide Huma Abedin has told people she doesn’t know how her emails woun...
Cassandra Glanville Greg Herring
S ince we submitted our original article, “Mediation Twenty Years Later: A Cautionar...
Ronald Granberg
Organizations of atoms—that’s how the universe came about. Our organization of...
Dorie Rogers, CFLS
The following is a summary of the second year for the 2015-2016 legislative term. One of t...
Mark Sullivan
Introduction On May 15, 2017 the U.S. Supreme Court announced its unanimous decision in H...
Seth Kramer
It has often been said that family law is the arena in which it’s most likely a layp...
Christine Gille
This quarter we have news about several items important to the Family Law Specialist: ACF...
Mark Sullivan
Introduction Handling a military divorce case can be a confusing and painful task for the...
Christine Gille
Family law lawyers want to be able to tell their clients with custody issues the same thin...
Ronald Granberg
Have you ever questioned the propriety of a postmarital agreement a client has asked you t...
Joseph Goldstein Charles Goldstein
Family law practitioners often must contend with businesses—their own, and those of...
Christine Gille Debra Frank Lloyd Kaye
Introduction This log is by litigators and for litigators. Whether a reader has time to e...