Recent Posts in De Facto Parents Category
Posted on Nov 16, 2011 By Thurman Arnold, CFLS
Rich v. Thatcher (2011) 200 Cal.App.4th 1176 In what reads to me to be a myopic opinion, Justice Yegan of Division Six of the Second Appellate District has declared that biological grandparents have a ...
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Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Thurman Arnold, CFLS
Hoag v. Diedjomahor (October 17, 2011), 200 Cal.App.4th 1008 The Facts The Fourth Appellate Division released a published opinion on October 17, 2011 in the case of Hoag v. Diedjomahor, a case which ...
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Posted on Dec 1, 2010 By Thurman W. Arnold, III, CFLS
AB 1090, sponsored by Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, becomes law on January 1, 2011 as revised Family Code section 3042. It directs courts to allow children age 14 or over to testify about their custody ...
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Posted on Aug 4, 2009 By Thurman W. Arnold, III
Q. My girlfriend is having our baby in September, but I don't know if I am the dad. I really care about her but a friend told me that I need to be careful because if I go to the hospital with her, ...
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