What is the Burden of Proof for Restraining Orders?
Nov 17, 2021
In Los Angeles and many courts in California, temporary restraining order requests are handled the same day they are filed. The person seeking an order is called the “Petitioner.” Reasonable proof The...
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Initial Custody Order and Some Collateral Issues
Nov 09, 2021
After finishing up the second part of a trial (the first part was in February 2021), of a five-years of litigation, it is a welcome respite to write an article. However, there is no rest for the “wear...
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Child Support Debt Program
Sep 26, 2021
I am working on a case right now with a client to resolve two cases with significant "nonwelfare" and "welfare" arrears. It is a multi-jurisidictional case with one being in Northern California. Both ...
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Permanent Restraining Order denied against Los Angeles Dodger Pitcher, Trevor Bauer
Aug 21, 2021
I had a three-day domestic violence restraining order trial with Judge Dianna Gould-Saltman on November 2020, involving a mother and child (my clients) to request that a restraining order be in place ...
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Custody and Child Support for Unmarried Parents
Jul 20, 2021
When the parents are married, the law automatically assumes that the married people are the child’s legal parents.
The courts may need to intervene if the unmarried parents cannot decide how to arra...
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Move Out Order
Jun 07, 2021
I am preparing for my third family law trial during this pandemic, so writing my articles had to be "paused." But this issue is something I have never written about, and it is something that affect th...
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Child Support Arrears
Apr 29, 2021
The term "arrears" is a legal term that refers to a debt or payment that is overdue. If you have been ordered to pay child support and have not paid or have only partially fulfilled your payment oblig...
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Good news for many: REDUCTION OF PROBATION
Apr 09, 2021
California’s AB 1950 amends the California State Penal Code to limit adult probation to a maximum of one year for misdemeanor offenses and two years for felony offenses. Before the change in the law, ...
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Hate Crimes and the Ongoing Work to Prosecute Those that Commit Them
Mar 24, 2021
The United States Department of Justice enforces federal hate crimes laws that cover certain crimes committed on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender...
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Fiduciary Duties of Disclosure in Family Law Cases
Mar 03, 2021
All persons involved in dissolution of marriage, legal separation or modification cases must be aware of the fiduciary duties that have been established in the law. These duties require each party to ...
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