Spouse Can be Convicted of Theft by Taking His or Her Spouse's Property
Feb 14, 2016
In the case of People vs. Aguilera, a California Court of Appeals has ruled that one spouse can be convicted of robbing the other spouse of community property on temporary taking theory. The principle...
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Amounts Paid by Mother’s Father for Her Attorney’s Fees Can Be Used in Determining Attorney's Fees
Dec 05, 2015
A California Court of Appeals has ruled that Trial Court was not wrong in making an attorney’s fee order pursuant to California Family Code Sections 2030 and 271. The Appeals Court has ruled that Tria...
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New law has passed regarding the division of assets when spouses are declared putative spouses
Sep 26, 2015
On August 13, 2015, Governor Brown approved AB 380. This new law will take effect on January 1, 2016, It will change the law concerning dividing quasi-marital property when a Trial Court decides that...
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California Supreme Court has ruled that for date of separation different residences is required.
Jul 24, 2015
In reversal, California Supreme Court has ruled that for purposes of determining divorcing couple’s date of separation, parties must be living in separate residences before a Trial Court can find that...
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Can’t Enforce Back Support If Children Were Hidden
Apr 18, 2015
A California Court of Appeals has ruled that a Trial Court was not wrong by declining to enforce a 25-year-old child support judgment on equitable grounds where Mother had concealed Children for 15 ye...
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Alimony Contingent on Child Is Not Deductible
Feb 15, 2015
U.S. Tax Court has determined that Father cannot deduct as alimony the spousal maintenance payments he made to Mother because those payments were to terminate when their youngest child graduated from...
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Parties Separated 5 Years Before Mom’s Actual Move
Feb 15, 2015
A California Court of Appeals has ruled that Trial Court did not err in determining that the divorcing parties’ date of separation was approximately 5 years before Mother moved out of their family hom...
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Parties Separated 5 Years Before Mom’s Actual Move
Feb 15, 2015
A California Court of Appeals has ruled that Trial Court did not err in determining that the divorcing parties’ date of separation was approximately 5 years before Mother moved out of their family hom...
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Kids Taken From Parents Who Smuggled Drugs into U.S.
Jan 18, 2015
California Court of Appeals has ruled that Juvenile Court was not wrong by assuming emergency UCCJEA jurisdiction over children whose home state was Mexico and whose parent had driven them to U.S. to...
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Judge Presiding Over Attorney's Marriage is Not Disqualified from Hearing Attorney's Case
Jan 17, 2015
In Wechsler v. Superior Court (Wechsler), California Appellate Court has ruled that Court Commissioner’s presiding over wedding of Mother’s divorce attorney while post-divorce support matters were pen...
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