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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...

Welcome to our summer edition of the ACFLS Family Law Specialist. My thanks to the authors...

ACFLS AMICUS COMMITTEE

Rick Cohen, CFLS, Leslie Ellen Shear

What Is the ACFLS Amicus Committee? The ACFLS Amicus Committee is a sub-committee of the...

SEVEN WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER...

Stephen Temko, Dennis Temko Esq.

Improper compliance with the Evidence Code, the Code of Civil Procedure, or the Rules of C...

We pound the keys, press the buttons, click send, and now we can relax knowing we have tra...

Introduction Many of us thought that, as lawyers, we would be standing on a “bridge...

Most ACFLS members know by now what collaborative divorce is, at least in general terms. T...

One of the time limits in the military divorce process is the one-year deadline for the Su...

Many family law matters become contentious and emotional. However, California is a communi...

Thirty years ago I became a certified family law specialist—a designation that was t...

THE NEW TAX LANDSCAPE

Jeremy Salvador

President Donald Trump signed Public Law 115-97, otherwise known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs...

It is with great pleasure that I join the coveted ACFLS President’s seat especially...

Taking the “I” Out and Replacing It With the “We” As I sit to wr...

The 2018 ACFLS Holiday Party was another great success. For those of you who missed this e...

Grant to be presented to Executive Director Toni Novak in San Francisco on December 1, 201...

There is no area in family law in which the court has greater discretion than when making...

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