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This article will assist family law practitioners in understanding Military Disability Retired Pay (“MDRP”) and Concurrent Retirement Disability Pay (“CDRP”) in a divorce, as the rules for division have changed based on a recent administrative ruling from the Department of Defense, and this may have significant consequences for your ...

FROM THE EDITOR'S DE...

Hon. Jerilyn L. Borack

I hope you had an enjoyable summer. Your ACFLS Journal Editorial Board has been hard at wo...

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE,...

Hon. Jerilyn L. Borack

Summer Activities Even in the doldrums of the summer heat, our ACFLS committees carry on...

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WHERE’S MY FILE? ATT...

R. Ann Fallon, CFLS

Since I started my legal career as a Deputy District Attorney in the early 1990s, I’ve han...

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TODAY’S ESTRANGED CH...

R. Ann Fallon, CFLS

I remember the color of the book cover – it was bright yellow with stark lettering: The Pa...

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THE LEGACY OF ELKINS...

R. Ann Fallon, CFLS

“[M]arital dissolution trials proceed under the same general rules of procedure that gover...

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JUDGES LOOK FORWARD...

R. Ann Fallon, CFLS

ACFLS is already planning the 2015 edition of its highly touted annual Spring Seminar in R...

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HOT OFF THE PRESS! J...

R. Ann Fallon, CFLS

In re Marriage of Haugh (2014) 225 Cal.App.4th 963, 170 Cal.Rptr.3d 683 Holding: In this...

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REFLECTIONS ON THE H...

Stephen J. Wagner, CFLS

This cannot possibly be worth it. I am leaving the office for two weeks and have spent the...

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EFFECTIVE PSYCHOLOGI...

Stephen J. Wagner, CFLS

Family law practitioners need to find effective strategies to assist our clients in dealin...

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FROM THE EDITOR’S DE...

Stephen J. Wagner, CFLS

We launch a new year – and ACFLS, and the Specialist, continue to evolve, and grow. Lynett...

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE,...

Stephen J. Wagner, CFLS

Following the path blazed by our intrepid Immediate Past President Diane Wasznicky is inde...

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“I WANT TO APPEAL TH...

Stephen J. Wagner, CFLS

It’s not uncommon for me to receive a call from trial counsel at the end of the day asking...

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ARE TAX BENEFITS IN...

James M. Crawford, Jr., JD

On December 7, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States decided to hear two cases, one...

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HEADS UP! THE RULES...

James M. Crawford, Jr., JD

Additions to the Rules of Court that took effect on January 1, 2013 governing non-domestic...

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THREADS OF INTEREST:...

Sherry Peterson, CFLS

The ACFLS Listserv has a new address. That’s right. Our former webserver rather suddenly e...

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