Robert Frost’s famous poem, “The Road Not Taken”1 provides a guiding lesson for family law practitioners in strategizing their cases. Often when commencing a complex case, we must choose which of the alternative paths to take. One such choice is the Disentitlement Doctrine, which instructs that a party in derogation or breach of a court ord...
Judge Marjorie A. Slabach, Ret.
Those of you who sat in thrall to the excellent panel presentation in the Palm Springs 202...
Andy Cook
An “Income and Expense Declaration” (IED) is a deceptive...
Lisa McCall
ACFLS has presented Preserving Your Appellate Rights in the Trial Court in two parts. Part...
S. Roger Rombro
On the rainy evening of September 27, 1849, the delegates of California’s first Cons...
Belinda Hanson, Joyce Chang
I. INTRODUCTION Imagine it is the eleventh hour of the final day of a multiday settlement...
Sherry Peterson, CFLS
TEAMWORK The Foundation and Engine of ACFLS Teamwork has been defined as the coll...
Debra Frank
Welcome to our Winter edition of the ACFLS Family Law Specialist. My thanks to the authors...
Tanya E. Prioste
It’s time to change the default model for creating a premarital agreement. For too l...
Ariel Leichter-Maroko
INTRODUCTION In the past decade, the financial landscape has witnessed a transformative e...
Abbas Hadjian
California family law practitioners are behind the rest of the country in dealing with cul...
Mark Sullivan
Introduction – “What’s SBP?” The Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) is o...
Greg Ellis
Introduction. Written briefs are a substantial component of advocacy in the trial court a...
S. Roger Rombro
The community property laws under the Spanish Mexican system directed that all income acqu...
Dawn Gray, Hon. Thomas Trent Lewis Ret.
Introduction On July 20, 2015, the California Supreme Court issued In re Marriage of Davi...
Pete Neuwirth FSA FCA, Barry Sacks JD Ph.D
As the prevalence of “Silver Divorce” (divorce where at least one spouse is ag...