by Christopher McDonough | Nov 21, 2023 | Property
California law uses two formulas to calculate the community property interest which accumulates during a marriage in a separate property business. The first, Pereira v. Pereira (1909) 156 Cal. 1, dealt with a saloon and cigar business. The analysis the court used is...
by Christopher McDonough | Mar 13, 2023 | Custody & Children, Marriage
Your brand-new client forwards you an e-mail. It contains a Request for Order from their ex-spouse, requesting modification of custody. On the phone, they tell you, “I don’t understand! We had a judgment on child custody two years ago! How can they be doing this?”... by Christopher McDonough | Sep 29, 2021 | Marriage
Last month, a judge in Kentucky made a decision unusual enough to be reported in legal news sites – he denied a divorce, not on procedural grounds, but because the marriage between the couple was not actually “irretrievably broken.” He cited the unusual... by Christopher McDonough | Sep 20, 2021 | Custody & Children
Abducting a child is a crime in California; we all understand that, but here is a more-difficult question: “Can a parent, whose parental rights have not been terminated, be guilty of abducting her/his own child, even if there be no child custody orders in effect?” The... by Christopher McDonough | Sep 10, 2021 | Law Updates, Marriage
In anticipation of marriage some parties do not feel the need to discuss in detail a premarital agreement. At times it could feel that discussing in detail the terms for a premarital agreement can deromanticize the upcoming nuptials. The validity of a premarital...
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