The use of retired judges to resolve family law cases in California has become quite common over the years. The way it works is that in exchange for an hourly rate paid for by the parties, the retired judge serves as a “privately compensated temporary judge.” However, in a published decision by the California Court…
The “Immaculate Extension”, I am still in a football frame of mind. After all, it was last month that the Super Bowl was played. So pardon me for using a pigskin metaphor, but the first thing I thought of when I recently learned that the Internal Revenue Service had extended the deadline for tax filing…
When Does California Child Support End? When a California judge orders child support, that support is supposed to last until the child turns 18. But there is a major exception based on Family Code section 3901. That exception provides that child support can last as long as another year, until the child’s 19th birthday, if…
The Consequences of Domestic Violence in California Despite what public events have told us about the availability of firearms in the United States, the family courts in California have extremely strict laws regarding guns – at least when it comes to domestic violence matters. A person served with a domestic violence restraining order – even…
If one parent interferes with another parent’s visitation, may she be punished by a reduction in child support? The answer is no, according to a decision by the California Court of Appeal in San Diego. Ruling 3-0, the justices reversed a trial court’s January, 2019, decision to use a 29 percent timeshare when calculating retroactive…
San Diego Divorce Court to Reopen Tuesday the 26th The San Diego County Superior Court (Family Law Division) has basically been closed since the middle of March, with the exception for the submission of paperwork to get an emergency temporary restraining order based on domestic violence or to get an emergency order regarding custody/visitation (and…
California Family Law Judge Punished for Remarks Made on Bench Who judges the judges? In California, that’s a complicated question. If you think your family law judge made a mistake that hurt your case, you may appeal to the Court of Appeal. If you think that the judge acted inappropriately, based on words, conduct, or…
Husband is Punished in California Divorce case for Way he Reacted to Judge’s Orders I don’t write a lot of blogs about property issues –sure, occasionally, I do—because some of the decisions from the California Court of Appeal are dry. I mean, let’s face it; issues regarding custody, domestic violence, misbehavior by attorneys or judges,…
TRO Violations Lead to Possible Permanent Domestic Violence Restraining Order If a California judge grants a temporary restraining order and then, before the hearing, the restrained person makes what the judge considers “technical violations” of the order, is that enough to grant a permanent restraining order at the next hearing? The answer is yes, according…
When I started law school 26 years ago, I had no idea what the word “impute” means. Maybe that explains my SAT scores. Anyway, a law professor explained that the word means “to bring into the reckoning”. I am not sure if that’s the best way to describe the word, but in family law, we…
