Spouses Must Report Joint Income on Separate Returns
Jan 17, 2015
U.S. Tax Court has ruled that Wife must report half of the community property income from partnership that Husband started post-separation with community property funds on her separate federal income...
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Releasing Dependency Exemption to Your ex Is Tricky
Jan 01, 2015
U.S. Tax Court has ruled that prohibition against using Trial Court order, decree, or separation agreement as written declaration for purposes of claiming dependency exemption is not applicable to tho...
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Courts Can Award Alimony in Domestic Violence Cases
Dec 14, 2014
A California Court of Appeals has ruled that a Trial Court was wrong when it determined that it could not award spousal support to Wife in a domestic violence proceeding before it found that Husband h...
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Husband's Forged Signature by Wife Means He Doesn't have to Report Taxable Income
Dec 13, 2014
U.S. Tax Court has ruled that Husband who neither knew about nor authorized withdrawals made by Wife from Husband’s two IRAs is not a payee or distributee of those funds, need not include them in his...
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Evidence of UCCJEA Jurisdiction Must be Heard
Dec 05, 2014
A California Court of Appeals has ruled that Trial Court erred by making a finding under Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) regarding a more convenient forum to hear the c...
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Husband Keeps His Millions in Referral Fees
Nov 23, 2014
A California Court of Appeals has ruled that Wife’s claim that Husband breached his fiduciary duty by concealing the true value of community property asset fails because that asset was negotiated as p...
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New Legislation Affecting Family Law Cases Effective January 1, 2015
Oct 25, 2014
The following new Legislation affecting family law cases will become law effective January 1, 2015: Assembly Bill 1618 - Juvenile Case File Inspection: Existing California Welfare and Institution Code...
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Mental Capacity to End Marriage Is Low
Sep 21, 2014
A California Court of Appeals has ruled that mental capacity required to end a marriage is similar to that required to begin a marriage, is lower than that required to enter into a contract, and is ba...
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Emergency Legislation Restores Right to Modify Alimony
Aug 29, 2014
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed Assembly Bill 414: Urgency legislation, effective August 15, 2014, re-enacts provisions regarding request for spousal support modification after child suppor...
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Separate Property Can’t Be Awarded as Sanctions
Aug 16, 2014
In a partial reversal of a Trial Court’s decision, a California Court of Appeals has ruled that Trial Court erred by awarding Mother all of Father’s separate property savings account as sanction under...
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