California Lawyers Association
Family Law Section
Updates and events from the Family Law Section
The Collaborative Practice model for divorce is an important way of reaching agreements, including about highly contentious issues, with difficult personalities and entrenched family dynamics.
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During post-permanency (after a permanent plan is chosen following termination of efforts to reunify children with their parents*), mother filed a Welfare and Institutions Code (W&I) §388 petition for additional reunification services.
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The 2022 Family Law Awards form can be found here.
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The Family Law Executive Committee (FLEXCOM) is seeking new members for our next term.
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Recent Family Law Cases
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Recent Family Law Cases
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Recent Family Law Cases
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Recent Family Law Cases
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Recent Family Law Cases
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I can’t stress enough the importance of being cognizant of your client’s attorney’s fees and costs. As we all know, there is no winning in a divorce. Both parties suffer a loss. What’s worse is knowing you are burning through children’s college funds because the parties are unable (or unwilling) to agree about even the most basic issues.
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