Articles
2003 - Present
- Severance payments: One time income or income over time? (08/18/11)
- Good Concept, Bad Outcome (06/17/11)
- You're Right Until You're Wrong (04/13/11)
- Did Your Advise Your Client to Change His or Her Beneficiary Designation(s) After The Divorce? (12/06/10)
- Taking Party Expectations Into Account (11/18/10)
- When Your Marriage is Invalid, Who Get's Paid (09/24/10)
- Beware of Post Separation Debts in Divorce (06/14/10)
- New Spouse's Income in Factoring Child Support (03/24/10)
- Support Payments, It's a Question of Time (01/07/10)
- Spousal Support: Blazing a New Trail (12/01/09)
- Estate Secrets (08/17/09)
- When Words Collide (06/16/09)
- Home Alone (02/10/09)
- Change of Plans (11/06/08)
- Long Division (09/10/08)
- Visitation Hesitation (07/11/08)
- Parent Trap (08/30/07)
- Valuing Goodwill (02/20/07)
- Burkle' Decision on Post Marital Agreements (09/12/06)
- How Money is Invested Affects Child Support (07/11/06)
- Ruling Guides Parents on Legal Conundrum of Moving a Child (05/03/06)
- Goodwill Hunting Doesn't Work in Director's Divorce (02/07/06)
- Jurisdiction Does Not Follow When Parent Moves (12/01/05)
- Get All Transmutations in Writing (10/06/05)
- In Divorce Cases Changes in Title Have Consequences (06/07/05)
- Broad Definition of 'Income' Has Limits in Support Cases (04/12/05)
- "Iredale" Clarifies Attorney's Community Property Interest (10/13/04)
- Court Guts The Mandatory Retroactive Child Support (07/30/04)
- Purpose of Workers' Comp Award is Crucial in Divorce (04/13/04)
- "Benson" Opens a Door to Oral Agreements for Transmutation (02/10/04)
- Parents Can't Sumbit Issue of Child Support to Binding ADR (12/09/03)
- Marital Settlement Agreements are Subject to Fraud Statute (10/14/03)
- Courts Must Look at Affects on Kids for Good Faith Move-Away (08/19/03)
- Bellio' s Opinion Avoids Issue of Provisions Promoting Divorce (06/10/03)
- Case Addresses Effect of Stipulation on Child Custody (04/08/03)
- Case May Help Spouses Who Conceal Income and Assets (02/11/03)
2000 - 2002
- Husband and Wife Must Live Apart to be Legally Separated (12/10/02)
- Courts Must Examine Statutory Factors Before Altering Support (10/08/02)
- Post-Marital Agreements (07/30/02)
- Lavish Lifestyle Allows Deviation from Child-Support Guidelines (06/11/02)
- Reimbursement Is Required for Separate Property Improvement (04/09/02)
- High Earners May Now Have to Disclose Income Information (02/12/02)
- The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act (11/2001)
- Investment Passivity Is No Defense in Divorces (10/2001)
- A Spouse Managing A Community Asset Doesn't Have A Duty to Invest Prudently (09/28/01)
- Valuation of Community Property Business After Separation (08/14/01)
- Continuing Jurisdiction Equals Pending Litigation in Family Law (06/12/01)
- Emotional Issue: Court of Appeals Considers California's Grandparent Visitation Statue (04/30/01)
- Child Support Order Deviating from Guideline Must Contain Findings (12/12/00)
- Court Upholds Termination of Wealthy Spouse Support (06/13/00)
- Deductibility of Attorneys Fees in Divorce Matters (02/08/00)
1996 - 1999
- Support Award Takes Into Account Earnings from Assets (12/24/99)
- Support Cut Off When Woman Fails to Become Self-Supporting (04/13/99)
- Can Ex Spouse Sue for Concealment of Marital Assets (12/08/98)
- Discovery in Support Cases Involving a Wealthy Parent (10/13/98)
- Enhanced Benefits Can Become Community Property (08/11/98)
- Supreme Court to Tackle Issue of Support Waivers (06/09/98)
- Deadbeat Lock-up: Parents Who Willfully Refuse to Seek Employment (04/06/98)
- Enhanced Pension Benefits (03/10/98)
- New Calculation: Bonus and Overtime Pay in Determining Support (12/09/97)
- Pension- Benefit Division Under ERISA (08/12/97)
- Homework on Imputation of Income to a Parent (07/08/97)
- Rules Governing Changes to Another State's Child Support (06/10/97)
- The Unconditional Nature of Support for Minor Children (04/08/97)
- Express Language Required for Transmutation
- Code Modifications Affecting Spousal Provisions (02/11/97)
- Courts Use a Detailed Formula to Apportion Separate Property Assets (12/10/96)
- Write Way: Deductibility of Spousal Support (10/08/96)
- Earning Capacity Standard May Be Imputed When Acting in Good Faith (08/13/96)
- One Spouse's Indemnification May Cause the Other to Retain Tax Liability (07/09/96)
1990 - 1995
- Establishing a Child's Best Interest in 'Move' Cases (12/29/95)
- Agreements to Provide for Ex-Spouse or Children in Testamentary Documents (10/26/95)
- Gaining Access to Retirement Benefits to Enforce Marital Property Agreements ( 08/24/95)
- Under What Circumstances May Custodial Parents Relocate? (06/22/95)
- When Disability Payments Do Not Qualify as Community Property (04/27/95)
- Courts Disagree About How to Divide Stock Options as a Marital Asset (02/23/95)
- Which Spouse Pays the Taxes? (12/22/94)
- Section 1034 Rollover of Gain from Sale of Residence (10/20/94)
- Highlights of Important Changes in the 1994 Family Code (08/25/94)
- When is a Parent a "Parent" under Current California Law? (06/30/94)
- Qualified Domestic Relations Orders Used for Child Support (03/24/94)
- Pension Plans, Non-Employee Spouses and Taxation Problems (08/19/93)
- The IRS Loses One, in a Case of Divorce and Following Gain (02/18/93)
- ABA Proposals Could Aid Divorcing Spouses (05/21/92)
- Divorced Spouses Can Avoid Tax on Home Sale (04/05/91)
- How Refinancing Can Affect Rights (07/23/90)
- Divorce Lawyers Must Watch Tax Law (03/26/90)
- Can Spouses Waive Post- Marriage Support? (02/12/90)