Recent Posts in Relocation With Children Category
Posted on Dec 19, 2012 By Thurman Arnold, III, C.F.L.S.
Q. I have been ordered into a "730 Evaluation" with a Marriage and Family Therapist. My former wife and I are battling over custody. For a number of reasons (including the evaluator's ...
Continue reading "Can I REMOVE and Replace an EC Section 730 Custody Evaluator for BIAS?" »
Posted on Nov 30, 2012 By Michael C. Peterson
CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION JURISDICTION UNDER THE UCCJEA INTRODUCTION When there are disputes involving the children of parents who reside in different states, where the child resides, or more ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2012 By Thurman W. Arnold CFLS
Share Your Family Law Horror Story ? I want to thank all of you who write me about the difficult circumstances and horror stories surrounding your divorce and other family law matters, both in and out ...
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Posted on May 3, 2011 By Thurman Arnold, C.F.L.S.
Parental Relocations and Move-Away In response to a recent article I posted about the case of F.T. vs. L.J., the mother of the Mother in Mark T. vs. Jaime Z. submitted a comment about a new reversal ...
Continue reading "San Diego Trial Court REVERSED (Again) in MOVE-AWAY Case" »
Posted on Apr 11, 2011 By Thurman W. Arnold, III, C.F.L.S.
F.T. vs. L.J. (2011) 194 Cal.App.4th 1 On April 6, 2011, the California Fourth Appellate District, Division One, in a strongly (and painfully) worded opinion reversed a San Diego trial judge's ...
Continue reading "San Diego Trial Court REVERSED for Failing to Exercise An "INFORMED DISCRETION" in Refusing to Permit Sole Legal Custody Father Who Had PRIMARY PHYSICAL CUSTODY to MOVE OUT OF STATE" »
Posted on Dec 12, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. I found Ellen Kellner's book " The Pro Child Way, Parenting With An Ex " on your website some weeks ago, and ordered it from Amazon.com. I have been eagerly reading it, especially ...
Continue reading "ELLEN KELLNER'S CO-PARENTING BOOK Inspired Me: How Can I Get My Ex Into Counseling? " »
Posted on Dec 5, 2010 By Thurman Arnold III, CFLS
Along with other changes to the California Family Code brought about by the Elkins Committee's recommendations, Family Code section 3121 has been amended to make its language consistent with ...
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Posted on Dec 3, 2010 By Thurman Arnold, CFLS
The most important new rule in decades affecting the experience of California Family Law litigants is set to be unleashed on January 1, 2011. It promises a radical change in the way that all family ...
Continue reading "ELKINS and New FAMILY CODE SECTION 217: How It AFFECTS YOU!" »
Posted on Jun 3, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
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 ...
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Posted on May 10, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. My ex wife and I are fighting over custody of our three children. The judge decided to appoint a psychologist to interview us all. How does this affect me and my case? A. In high conflict cases ...
Continue reading "What does it mean that a judge has ordered a 730 EVALUATION in my custody case?" »
Posted on Mar 6, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. My ex girlfriend gave birth to our son three years ago. I was at the hospital with her, and signed a document they handed me that said I was the father. She and I were never married. We lived ...
Continue reading "What does a VOLUNTARY DECLARATION OF PATERNITY (VDOP) do in California?" »
Posted on Sep 18, 2009 By Thurman Arnold
I just have to blog this news from Idaho to reinforce why clients are so often better off resolving their disputes then asking judges - who mean well - to decide for them. In Allbright v. Allbright ...
Continue reading "Idaho Trial Court Rules that Mother Cannot Move to Michigan, Even Without the Kids!" »
Posted on Aug 2, 2009 By Thurman Arnold
I am a mom in San Diego County. There are court orders out of El Cajon for joint legal custody and sole physical l to me. The old orders said I could move anywhere within San Diego County. I just ...
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