Family Law
Family Law News Issue 3, 2020, Volume 42, No. 3
Content
- Pandemic Provisions - Do Force Majeure Clauses Have a Place in Custody and Visitation Agreements?
- Message from the Chair
- Family Law News Editorial Team
- Family Law Section Executive Committee
- Message from the Editor
- Best Practices for Responding to a Request for Production of Documents
- Legislative Liaisons and Designated Recipients of Legislation
- The Few and Varying Published Decisions on the Presumption of Undue Influence
- Whither the Spousal Privilege
- Table of Contents
- Protecting Your Client's Right to Recover Attorney Fees/Costs
- What's Mine Is Mine, What's Ours Is Ours, and What's Yours Is Ours: the Extension of Watts Charges to Separate Property
- Children Supporting Themselves? How Sparring Parties in Support Disputes Seek to Use the Family Code to Bypass Trust Protections for Beneficiaries
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Message from the Chair………………………………………………………………………………………………………..3
Message from the Editor……………………………………………………………………………………………………..4
What’s Mine Is Mine, What’s Ours Is Ours, and What’s Yours Is Ours: The Extension of Watts Charges To Separate Property…………………………………………………………………………….6
By Chandra Moss, CFLS
Watts charges may be levied against a party for living in his or her separate property where the community has partial interest due to the Moore/Mardsen rule, according to the opinion in In re Marriage of Mohler.
Protecting Your Client’s Right to Recover Attorney Fees/Costs……………………………………..9
By Robert R. Walmsley
Look to the rules of court when assessing and preparing the issue of attorney fees and costs, in addition to the commonly used Family Code and Code of Civil Procedure sections.