Family Law Section

Learn the basics and nuanced strategies for bringing and defending requests for domestic violence restraining orders, including best practices for preparation and litigation. Read more

FLEXCOM is seeking members who are dedicated to advancing Family Law, and who enjoy hard work in a collegial atmosphere. Read more

Recent Family Law Cases (current through 3/15/19) By: Stephen D. Hamilton, CFLS Read more

The custody evaluation training course is split over two weekends (six days) in May to fully satisfy the 40 hour requirement for Child Custody Evaluation work in the Family Law Courts. Read more

My chair message practically wrote itself this month due to the confluence of several events in March. It also easily let me continue my theme of threes. This month’s subject is the Family Law Executive Committee’s Past, Present and Future. Read more

From this ethics talk, participants will understand the family law attorney’s duty of competence regarding retirement benefit division in divorce. This presentation will cover the attorney’s ethical duties in understanding the standard of care, and also the use of technology so that the attorney can fulfill their obligations and avoid malpractice. Read more

This webinar will analyze the factors which may rebut the presumption against legal and physical custody of a child where there is a finding of domestic violence against a parent. Read more

The Family Law Section has had an incredibly productive start to 2019. At our first meeting in San Jose, we developed and planned our Access to Justice program. FLEXCOM was inspired by the message of Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye at the 2018 California Lawyers Association Annual Meeting, in which she emphasized the role of the sections in providing access to justice. Read more

A general substantive and procedural look at The Hague Treaty and UCCJEA in International Custody cases. Read more

The focus of our class is the style and strategy of how to approach defending a deposition, much of this is done in the practice of defending your client, knowing when to object, the privileges to assert and when it is appropriate to end a deposition and seek a protective order. Read more