Family Law Section

This webinar walks Family Law Lawyers through the Dependency process from the CPS Investigation through Dependency Custody Orders and how it intersects with the Family Court. Speaker: Jill Emilie McInerney Read more

Recent Dependency Law Cases Read more

Recent Dependency Law Cases Read more

Recent Dependency Law Cases Read more

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DEPENDENCY (current through 12/17/2023) By:  John Nieman The precise holdings in a given case are bolded. In re K.B. et al.11/30/23, CA 1/2 A167385https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A167385.PDF Mother appealed the trial court’s due-diligence finding of the search for relative placement options at Disposition as required by Welfare & Institutions Code (W&I) §358 & §309. The appellate court rejects the contention that mother forfeited her standing to appeal by failing to object to the findings. It reasons that the mandates of W&I §309 are… Read more

In this partially published opinion, the Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s determination regarding the non-binding nature of the 2010 Hindu marriage ceremony between V.K. and V.S. under India’s Hindu Marriage Act of 1955. Consequently, as this marriage was not “valid by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the marriage was contracted,” it also lacked validity in California under Family Code section 308. The Hindu Marriage Act's inability to legally bind V.K. because he was a non-domiciliary of India and a permanent resident of the United States was dispositive here. Read more

Recent dependency law cases, current through 10/21/2023. Written by John Nieman. Read more

Recent family law cases, current through 10/25/2023. Written by Andrew Botros, CFLS Read more

Each year, FLEXCOM tracks family law bills and meets about four times before the end of the legislative session in September to discuss the bills. As part of that process, FLEXCOM members contact the authors’ office to obtain information about bills, then FLEXCOM meets to discuss the bills. Read more