Stephen H. Kennedy

A Short History – Reform: Organizational changes were made to the State of California’s Child Support Program under the 1999 legislative se...

Dawn Gray, CFLS

McClintock v. West (2013) 219 Cal.App.4th 540, 162 Cal.Rptr.3d 61. Holding: The trial court properly sustained D’s demurrer to P’s complai...

Lulu L. Wong

When I look back on time served on the ACFLS board, Many years from now, I won’t remember the countless non-billable hours Spent proof readi...

Deborah H. Wald

On June 26, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued its historic rulings in the companion cases of United States v. Windsor (2013) 133...

Mark Sullivan

Introduction – An Office Visit “I need some help – I’m lost in the woods,” exclaimed Sam Green when he sat down in his lawyer’s office. “My...

Bill Eddy

Most experienced family lawyers know that personality disorders have become a significant issue in our practice. This article will focus on...

Naghmeh Bashar

That is Impact! Last Issue, ACFLS honored the Honorable Judge Trent Lewis who retired on December 17, 2019. You read the tributes imparted u...

Dianne Fetzer, CFLS

Family law, in my opinion, is the most complex area in the practice of law. Not only do we have multiple cross-over issues, e.g. bankruptcy,...

Christine Tour-Sarkissian

In November 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Brace v. Speier (In re Brace), issued an order certifying the...

Michele Brown

Sherry Peterson, Ari Levy and David Lederman have taken ACFLS to the highest level of education, legislation and technology The ACFLS “Boar...

Sherry Peterson, CFLS

Congratulations to the Honorable B. Scott Thomsen, recipient of the 2019 Hall of Fame award and Bonnie Rose Hough, recipient of the 2019 Out...

Debra Frank

At the ACFLS 2019 Annual Holiday Party held on Saturday night, December 7, 2019, at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, the ACFLS Charitable Founda...

Introduction Let’s explore Marriage of Anka and Yeager (2019) 31 Cal. App.5th 1115 (Anka). Prior to Anka, there was no clear guidance regar...

ACFLS

Being with Tommy for 47 years, a mark of his character is his humility, decency, integrity, and kindness to all. As he is the most encouragi...

Dianne Fetzer

We recently celebrated the holiday party wherein we said goodbye to a few of our friends that were on the board, some for several years, and...