Debra Frank

I hope you had an enjoyable summer. Your ACFLS Journal Editorial Board has been hard at work preparing the Summer edition of the Family Law...

Lynette Berg Robe

Summer Activities Even in the doldrums of the summer heat, our ACFLS committees carry on with their various activities. Nominations for th...

Robert L. Lafer

Since I started my legal career as a Deputy District Attorney in the early 1990s, I’ve handled thousands of paper files. Back then, I would...

Judge Marjorie A. Slabach, Ret.

I remember the color of the book cover – it was bright yellow with stark lettering: The Parental Alienation Syndrome and the Difference Betw...

Mark E. Sullivan

Military retirement benefits are not handled in the same manner as private pension plans, which are governed by ERISA (Employee Retirement I...

Heidi Tuffias

Before I became a lawyer, which was a full half of my life ago now, I felt myself to be a moral person, a person who could easily tell right...

James T. Schaefer, CPA/CFF MS-Tax

Like many in attendance, I greatly enjoyed the recent ACFLS 22nd Annual Spring Seminar that focused on fiduciary duties. I particularly reca...

Greg Ellis

Given the potential importance of properly requesting and then objecting to a statement of decision for purpose of appeal, I am often asked...

Dawn Gray, CFLS

Everyone associates me with the law on fiduciary duties, and I have presented on this issue many times. So, when I was asked to be the lead-...

Judge Marjorie A. Slabach, Ret.

So, you won your case today!! Slam dunk!! Congratulations!! High fives all around!! So, why do you have that sick feeling in your stomach? W...

Christopher Melcher, CFLS

Nothing better defines a lawyer than his or her ability to maneuver in a courtroom. With our skilled help, our clients can have their story...

Debra Frank

This issue is filled with articles for sharpening our skills as lawyers, improving our knowledge of the law and refining the procedures of o...

Dawn Gray

In re Marriage of Finby (2013) 222 Cal.App.4th 977, 166 Cal.Rptr.3d 305 Holding: In this case, published after a request by several individ...

Lynette Berg Robe

ACFLS 22nd Spring Seminar The 22nd ACFLS Spring Seminar was our most successful yet, with over 300 registered for “Truth or Consequences: Th...

Philip M. Stahl

With the focus in the divorce literature over the last several years being on high conflict divorce, domestic violence, relocation, overnigh...