| July 16, 2010 |
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DISCOVERY in California Marital Proceedings - What Are Requests for Admission?
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| Posted By Thurman Arnold |
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| Q. How do I use Requests for Admission in my dissolution proceeding? A. Requests for Admission ("RFA's") can be a useful discovery tool in family law proceedings because they allow parties in divorce and partnership litigation to resolve issues one ... |
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| June 21, 2010 |
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What is DISCOVERY in California Dissolution and Family Law Cases? (Part 1 - Form Interrogatories)
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| Posted By Thurman Arnold |
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| Q. I am helping a friend who considering a divorce from her husband. He is a lawyer and she is a school teacher. They have two teenagers. She doesn't expect him to be at all cooperative and he has bragged in the past how he is smarter than any lawyer ... |
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| June 19, 2010 |
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What is a SUMMARY DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP DISSOLUTION?
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| Posted By Thurman Arnold |
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| To establish a domestic partnership, both parties must fit certain criteria and must file a Declaration of Domestic Partnership with the Secretary of State. Once established, under California law both parties in domestic partnership enjoy similar ... |
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| June 14, 2010 |
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Is a PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT signed without an attorney ENFORCEABLE?
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| Posted By Thurman Arnold |
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| Q. Before my wife and I married, she convinced me to sign a Prenup prepared by her brother, who is a Los Angeles divorce attorney. It says that I waive any right to property acquired with her earnings. It also says I had the opportunity to get legal ... |
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| June 12, 2010 |
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Does MOORE MARSDEN appy to IMPROVEMENTS we made to our RESIDENCE during marriage?
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| Posted By Thurman Arnold |
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| Q. I understand that Moore Marsden has something to do with reimbursing the community estate for the mortgage payments we made on the house my wife owned prior to our marriage, but we spent some the monies we saved during our marriage on ... |
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| June 11, 2010 |
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What should I know if I want to LIMIT or TERMINATE SPOUSAL SUPPORT in the future?
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| Posted By Thurman Arnold |
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| Q. My wife and I were married for 14 years. We have two children, aged 11 and 13. We are both in our early 40's. My wife has a college degree, but quit working shortly before our first child was born. I am a doctor, and she was a nurse at the local ... |
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| June 11, 2010 |
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What is a GAVRON WARNING and how does it affect my right to SPOUSAL SUPPORT?
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| Posted By Thurman Arnold |
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| Q. I was at our first court hearing last week requesting child and spousal support, and my husband's attorney asked the judge to give me a "Gavron Warning". The judge said he would consider giving it to me at a future hearing and didn't go along with ... |
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| June 03, 2010 |
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"PARENTAL ALIENATION" at the 2010 AFCC Conference
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| Posted By Thurman Arnold |
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| The topic of the 47th Annual Association of Family and Conciliation Court Conference is "parental alienation." Over 1,000 lawyers, judges, mediators, and mental health professionals (psychologists, therapists, counselors, and court personnel) have ... |
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| June 02, 2010 |
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Proposed Text for a new diagnosis of PARENTAL ALIENATION in the DSM-V
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| Posted By Thurman Arnold |
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| The following text was taken from the AFCC materials provided in Denver. The DSM-V has not been adopted, nor is there any agreement that the following diagnosis should be added. I will provide commentary in a later Blog. TWA Proposed Text for ... |
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| June 01, 2010 |
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AFCC Conference in Denver, June 2-5, 2010
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| Posted By Thurman Arnold |
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| I am excited to be attending the 47th Annual Conference of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) from June 2 to 5, 2010, in Denver, Colorado. This year's AFCC Conference is entitled Traversing the Trail of Alientation: Rocky ... |
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| May 31, 2010 |
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I thought my PARTNER had REGISTERED our DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP but she says she didn't. Do I have rights?
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| Posted By Thurman Arnold |
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| Q. I have been living with my girlfriend for four years. Three years ago we agreed to enter into a domestic partnership and filled out and signed the registration papers. She told me she had filed them with the Secretary of State. We separated last ... |
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| May 26, 2010 |
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Announcing the Opening of DESERT FAMILY MEDIATION SERVICES!
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| Posted By Thurman Arnold |
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| To our honored visitors: We are excited to give you advance notice that the first family law mediation center in the Coachella Valley is opening its offices in Palm Springs on June 15, 2010. Our hope and expectation is that we will be providing much ... |
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| May 26, 2010 |
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What is FAMILY SUPPORT?
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| Posted By Thurman Arnold |
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| Q. My lawyer mentioned something called "family support" as a way to possibly get more money from my ex-husband for child and spousal support. What exactly is family support and does it work? A. Family Support is mentioned in two California Family ... |
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| May 24, 2010 |
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What METHODS are used for VALUING BUSINESSES in divorce?
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| Posted By Thurman Arnold |
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| Q. I own a business that I began shortly after marriage. Now I am getting divorced. Is this community property even though my partner never worked the business, and if it is what methods might be used to value it? A. With certain exceptions where, ... |
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| May 21, 2010 |
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What is HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD status for IRS purposes?
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| Posted By Thurman Arnold |
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| Q. What is the effect of claiming "head of household" status in a tax return? A. Head of household does not apply to joint tax returns. If you are divorced, or if you are married filing separately, you may be entitled to claim HH status. This is also ... |
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