Is it Illegal to Have a Gun While Subject to a California Domestic Violence Restraining Order? California law provides that a person subject to a California domestic violence restraining order “shall not own, possess, purchase, or receive a firearm or ammunition” while the restraining order is in effect. If a person violates this law, known…
How Does Depreciation Affect Child Support in California Divorce Cases? California requires its courts to calculate child support in divorce cases by looking at the number of children the couple have; the percentage of time each parent has responsibility for the children; and the income of each parent. With computerization, the task seems pretty easy.…
Even after you’ve been doing this for a while (and yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the day I opened my practice), you can still be surprised by some of the things that happen in Family Court. For example, this past week, the California Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s order that the wife…
