Divorce is never easy, but hiring a lawyer doesn’t mean it has to get messy. In fact, the right legal support can keep matters calm, fair, and on track. Too often, people assume that hiring a lawyer means gearing up for a fight. But the reality is, the right lawyer can help you avoid unnecessary conflict and make sure nothing important gets overlooked during the divorce.
Read MoreAre you new to the state of California? Whether you moved here for a job, for family reasons, or for the adventure, if you have a divorce judgment from another state that includes child custody orders it is a very good idea to register the out-of-state orders in California — because registering the out-of-state custody orders is a necessary step before you can seek enforcement or modification.
Read MoreIn the 2016 criminal case People v. Sanchez, the California Supreme Court considered the relationship between the hearsay rule and out-of-court statements used as the basis for an expert’s testimony. The expert had never met the defendant and did not have personal knowledge of his past contacts with the police; rather, the expert’s information came from police reports and other collateral sources.
Read MoreNotwithstanding those issues (and without minimizing them, either), what stood out the most to me, as a family law practitioner, was the fact that the author did not lose rightly or wrongly on the merits of the case, but that she lost custody on default.
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