Divorce Attorney honored again. San Diego family law attorney Andy Cook is pleased to announce that he has made the list of top family law lawyers in the 2023 San Diego Super Lawyers Magazine. This is the fourth consecutive year the Divorce Attorney honored, Divorce Lawer Andy Cook, has been honored in this way. Two weeks…
Top family lawyer award by the L.A. Daily Journal goes to a San Diego Lawyer for the second year in a row. San Diego Divorce Lawyer Andy Cook is a back-to-back winner of the Los Angeles Daily Journal award. This is the second straight year that the Daily Journal has published such a list and…
Woman Accuses California Man of Rape and Other Misconduct But Loses Bid for Domestic Violence Restraining Order Although, as I said several blogs ago, there seems to be a trend in California towards affirming judges who grant restraining orders and reversing those who deny them, the California Court of Appeal just affirmed a trial judge…
The Third Time is the Charm Two wrongs don’t make a right, but at least in a recent California domestic violence case, three appeals justices saw it differently. Usually in domestic violence cases, a judge is not allowed to issue a restraining order against both sides by not saying who is at fault and simply…
Another California Domestic Violence Case Mishandled The other day I wrote about a California domestic violence case where the judge made the responding party prove the allegations against her were not true and found that posting a nasty, private Facebook review was enough to impose a two-year restraining order. Not surprisingly, the judge was reversed.…
California Justices Say Man can talk about his Divorce on Facebook Are you allowed to talk about your California divorce case on social media? After a published case from the Court of Appeal, the answer apparently is yes unless the judge restricts you from talking on social media about the divorce to your own children…
Court Decides When Spousal Support (Alimony) Ends in California When does spousal support end in California? Well, as they say in the legal industry, it depends. Normally, one way that it ends is if the person who is receiving the support remarries. But in settling a divorce case, the parties may agree that the remarriage…
Does Your English Count? Does your ability to speak English affect your right to child custody or visitation. No, says the California Court of Appeal in a recent San Diego family law case. In this case, entitled S.Y. v. Superior Court, the appeals court ruled 3-0 that the trial judge was wrong to rely on…
Mom Appeals Order Awarding her $25K per Month in Child Support, and Wins $24,000.00 per month is a lot of money, particularly when it is non-taxable income for child support. When you add it up, it comes out to $2 million a year. But in a California child support case, a mom is getting a…
Tenacious Mother’s Attorney Able to Get Judge Reversed in Domestic Violence Case California Family Code section 3044 basically requires a judge not to award joint or sole custody to a parent when there has been a finding that the parent perpetrated domestic violence against the other parent within the previous five years. There are seven…
