Family Law Section

Recent Family Law Cases (current through 7/25/19)[Opinions available at:  http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions-slip.htm]By:  Stephen D. Hamilton, CFLS Dependency Procedure In Re Harley C.7/15/19, CA 2/7:  B293323https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/B293323.PDF TCT did not allow M to testify or call witnesses as her counsel failed to file a joint trial statement required by local rule adopted after trial date had been set. TCT then awarded sole custody to F and terminated its jurisdiction. Reversed. CtA found local rule in question was invalid as it was adopted in violation… Read more

One area in which the Family Law Executive Committee has excelled is providing live education. Each year FLEXCOM offers 7 or 8 live education opportunities throughout the State of California. These programs are developed and overseen by our live education committee. This message highlights upcoming live education events in 2019 and 2020: One Fell Swoop, the 2019 CLA Annual Meeting, and the 2020 San Luis Obispo County Minor’s Counsel Training. Read more

State antitrust enforcers have been notably active (and notably inactive) in several recent high-profile mergers, but it is not often clear which mergers will receive scrutiny and which will receive a pass from state attorneys general. Please join us for a free webinar featuring a panel of top antitrust enforcers from New York, California, and Virginia who will share their perspectives on the types of matters that invite states’ scrutiny, discuss the procedural and substantive differences in merger investigations by state attorneys general and investigations by the FTC and the DOJ, and provide highlights from recent enforcement actions. Read more

Join us on November 15 at Sacramento for One Fell Swoop: All 6.0 Hours of Specialty Credits. Earn 6.0 hours of MCLE including 4.0 hours of legal ethics, 1.0 hour of Competence Issues, and 1.0 hour of Recognition and Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession and Society. Read more

Only two locations remaining! The October 25 One Fell Swoop is scheduled to be held at the University of La Verne. We'll see you there! Read more

4.0 Hours of Legal Ethics 1.0 Hour of Competence Issues 1.0 Hour of Recognition and Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession and Society In 3 locations! Friday, October 18 Center at Cathedral Plaza 555 W. Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 REGISTER HERE   Friday, October 25 Vineyard Training Center 9650 E 9th Street Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 REGISTER HERE Friday, November 15 California Lawyers Association 400 Capitol Mall, 6th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 REGISTER HERE Schedule | Essential Info | PDF Brochure | Registration… Read more

4.0 Hours of Legal Ethics 1.0 Hour of Competence Issues 1.0 Hour of Recognition and Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession and Society In 4 locations! Friday, September 6 State Building 1515 Clay Street Oakland, CA 94612 Onsite Registration Available! Friday, October 18 Center at Cathedral Plaza 555 W. Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 REGISTER HERE Friday, October 25 Vineyard Training Center 9650 E 9th Street Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 REGISTER HERE Friday, November 8 California Lawyers Association… Read more

4.0 Hours of Legal Ethics; 1.0 Hour of Competence Issues; 1.0 Hour of Recognition and Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession and Society Read more

The desire to have children in later years has increased the tendency of partners to freeze their embryos at a younger age to be utilized in later years. California is among the handful of the States which pioneered a legal framework for handling preservation of the embryos by allowing an agreement of the parties. California Health and Safety Code, Section 125315(b)3, provides the language and limitations for such agreements: “(3) In the event of separation or divorce of the partners,… Read more

Recent Family Law Cases (current through 6/21/19) [Opinions available at: http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions-slip.htm] By: Stephen D. Hamilton, CFLS Read more