Bero Porter

A divorce can have a significant impact on a family’s financial and emotional well-being. For many individuals, concerns for physical safety...

April C. Ball

Part One of this article covered estate fundamentals— things that a family law attorney should know about trust litigation and estate planni...

CarolAnn Peterson

Following in the footsteps of England and Wales (2015) and Ireland and Scotland (2019), California has now specifically included coercive co...

Sherry Peterson, CFLS

Each in our own way, we all try and help those around us. I would like to share a story of the efforts of one person and ask if each of you...

Michele Brown, CFLS

Happy Holidays Everyone! I am honored to be sending you my first “President’s Message” as your new ACFLS President. I am humbled at the fait...

Judge Amy Pellman

THE ODD COUPLE: FAMILY AND DEPENDENCY LAW You are a family law certified specialist. Confident and competent. Terms like Moore-Marsden, Hai...

Naghmeh Bashar

Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one’s rev...

Lynette Berg Robe

2013 Spring Seminar and Other ACFLS Board Activities Our ACFLS 2013 Spring Seminar, “Call Your First Witness: Expert or Not,” was our most...

Barbara A. DiFranza, R. Ann Fallon, James M. Crawford, Jr., JD

Facts and Case History After serving in the military for several years, Tim Green commenced employment covered by the California Public Emp...

Robert Marmor, Joel R. (Jake) Rubin

Additions to the Rules of Court that took effect on January 1, 2013 governing non-domestic violence ex parte applications. Under new Rule of...

Rod Firoozye

1. Introduction The global outbreak of COVID-19 and shelter-in-place orders have impacted married couples in different ways throughout the...

April C. Ball

At first glance, a tax practice which consists of both trust litigation and estate planning (herein “T&E” for short) may seem completely inc...

Since it is the beginning of a brand new year, at least as I write this, I think it is time to celebrate what is good about us family lawyer...

Laura Dewey

The ACFLS Listserv has a new address. That’s right. Our former webserver rather suddenly ended our relationship. The story is told in Bonnie...

Mark Sullivan

[The second part of this article covered how to calculate retired pay for the Reserve Component (RC) member and how alternate calculations o...