Many family law practitioners when drafting premarital agreements advised against and stayed away from any attempt to limit, modify or…

There is a presumption in California Law that a marriage of ten years is deemed to be a long term…

After a 37 year marriage, Dr. Gordon Reynolds was ordered to pay his wife Polly, the sum of $5,500.00 per…

It is generally well known that California is a community property state. That means all earnings and accumulations between the…

What makes the high net asset divorce different? In these divorces there are likely multiple assets and asset classes each…

The case of Marriage of Carpenter, 2002 DJDAR 8219 was decided July 22, 2002. The case involved the appeal of…

California Family Code, section 2641 sets forth the conditions under which a spouse must reimburse the community for educational loan…

California does not have a common law marriage statute. No matter how long a couple lives together is a marriage…

In 1981, the United States Supreme Court, in McCarthy v. McCarthy, held that the state courts could not divide federal…

In the case of In Re Marriage of Lange, 2002 DJDAR 11031 the Court of Appeal affirmed the decision of…