Family Law
Family Law News Issue 2, 2020, Volume 42, No. 2
Content
- Challenging Capacity
- Expert Witness Discovery in Family Law Matters: Part II
- Family Law News Editorial Team
- Family Law Section Executive Committee
- Legislative Liaisons and Designated Recipients of Legislation
- Message from the Chair
- Message from the Editor
- "Piercing the Corporate Veil" in Family Law Cases: the Alter Ego Doctrine and Available Equitable Remedies
- Table of Contents
- The Case for a Harmonized California Court System
- Vocational Evaluations: How They Can Assist with Child and Spousal Support Accountability
- When Couples Decide to File for Divorce, They Also Need to Consider Their Estate Plans
- Substantively Addressing Substance Abuse
Substantively Addressing Substance Abuse
Shannon Wolfrum, CFLS
Shannon K. Wolfrum has been an attorney for 15 years, practicing family law exclusively for the duration of her career. Ms. Wolfrum is a Certified Family Law Specialist. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Family Law Section of the Contra Costa Bar Association for the past five years and is the current President of the Board. She has organized all continuing education on child custody for the past three years for the Contra Costa Bar Association and recently taught a program on child custody for CEB OnDemand. She is a member of California Women Lawyers and the University of California, Berkeley Alumni Association.
The phone rings. Your client is calling to tell you one of those things you do not want to hear:
In family law, these statements may not shock us, but there are few primers on how to approach the issue. This article is an overview to assist you in substantively working with your client and the court in relation to substance abuse and child custody.