Category Archives: Business & Divorce
How to Value a Business in Divorce: A Guide for Couples
How to Value a Business in Divorce: A Guide for Couples [caption id="attachment_4721" align="alignnone" width="200"] Four key methods for valuing a business…
Breaking Down In re Marriage of Wiese: A Landmark Ruling on Fiduciary Duty and Statute of Limitations
Breaking Down In re Marriage of Wiese: A Landmark Ruling on Fiduciary Duty and Statute of Limitations The California Court of Appeal…
How Divorce Can Affect Your Business
Divorce can be challenging for any couple, no matter their circumstances. It can be particularly difficult if you own a business. Divorce…
Court Dismisses Case At Defendant’s Request Due to Lack of Evidence
In this case, the Fourth District affirmed a Riverside County trial court’s grant of nonsuit. “About two months before trial was scheduled…
Does Bitcoin Need to Be Disclosed in a Divorce?
In this case, filed on August 10 but certified for publication August 27 at the request of ACFLS, the First District affirmed a…
Case Review: Woman Files Claim for Malicious Lawsuit Brought by Former In-Laws
This is a malicious prosecution action brought by Wife against Husband's parents and their company. During Husband and Wife's divorce, the parents…
CA Supreme Court Rules on Community Property in Bankruptcy
In this case, a California Supreme Court majority held: When a married couple uses community funds to acquire property as joint tenants,…
Case Review: Self-Employment, Tax Deductions & Child Support Calculations
Cite: In re the Marriage of Jessica R. and Martin H. Hein (Cal.App., July 21, 2020, F076581) Full text here. Holding: In…
Case Review: What Happens to Marriage Property in Post-Divorce Bankruptcy?
In re Clifford Allen Brace, Jr. (Cal. Supreme Court, July 23, 2020, S252473) Full text here. Holding: In this case, a California…
What is domestic violence? A look at the battered woman (Part 18)
The Battered Woman Unfortunately the unpredictability of the battered woman also manifests in what exactly causes her to leave. Many women leave…
What makes a Person Abusive? (Part 15)
What makes a person abusive? Last time we brought up the idea that abusers are able to tap into multiple personalities and…
What Makes a Person Abusive? (Part 14)
What makes a person abusive? In addition to the study done by the two researchers which identified two main groups…
What is domestic violence? A series on Dr. Bradley’s sourcebook (part 13) What Makes A Person Abusive?
What makes a person abusive? As we have seen so far multiple factors play into a person becoming abusive, and…
What is domestic violence? A series on Dr. Bradley’s sourcebook (part 12) What makes a person abusive?
What makes a person abusive? Although many abusers grow up in homes that are abusive, Dr. Bradley insists that coming…
What is domestic violence? A series on Dr. Bradley’s sourcebook (part 11) What makes a person abusive?
What Makes A Person Abusive? Dr. Bradley starts this chapter off by identifying what she and other experts have seen…
What is domestic violence? A series on Dr. Bradley’s sourcebook (part 10) Learned Helplessness
Another complex taking place within an abusive relationship is what Dr. Seligman, currently a Psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania, identified…
What is domestic violence? A series on Dr. Bradley’s sourcebook (part 9) The Cycle of Violence
The Cycle of Violence The question that most people ask themselves when working with domestic violence is "why"? Our society…
What is domestic violence? A series on Dr. Bradley’s sourcebook (part 8) Dynamics of the Abusive Relationship
Dynamics of the Abusive Relationship Just as it's impossible to make progress while working with sweeping generalization in any other area of…
Reliability of Juvenile Witnessess
Recently, I was discussing the holding in In Re I.C with our juvenile dependency attorney Nicole Anderson. Nicole has been practicing…
Recent ruling on domestic violence and restraining orders
Spousal Abuse In Fischer v Fischer. (March 18, 2018) In affirmance, First District holds wife did not intentionally or recklessly cause husband…
Child Visitation
In Ed H. v. Ashley C. (August 24, 2017) In affirmance, Fourth District holds that great-grandparents lack standing to seek visitation with great-grandchildren…
What is domestic violence? A series on Dr. Bradley’s sourcebook (part 7) The Psychology of Domestic Violence
The Psychology of Domestic Violence In this lengthy chapter, Bradley attempts to articulate the problem of domestic violence from a psychological standpoint,…
What is domestic violence? A series on Dr. Bradley’s sourcebook (part 6) The History of Domestic Violence P.2
The History of Domestic Violence pt 2 Although in the first portion of this topic we covered how domestic violence has been…
What is domestic violence? A series on Dr. Bradley’s sourcebook (part 4) The legacy of the O.J Simpson case
The Legacy of the O.J Simpson Case The aftermath of the infamous O.J Simpson case had a tremendous amount of effects concerning…
High Wage Earners & When Courts Deviate from the Child Support Guidelines
In a reversal, the Second District held that the trial court must, per Fam C §4056, state on the record its reasons…
When Does Interest Begin to Accrue on Unpaid Payments?
The Marriage of Dalgleish & Selvaggio Published November 30, 2017 In a partial reversal, Second District Court of Appeals holds that interest…
Know the Most Common Physical Symptoms of Divorce
Divorce comes with all kinds of changes. It typically requires people to move, adjust their budget and even see their children less.…
Should I file for divorce?
The Basics of Filing for Divorce If it's clear to you that your marriage is over, it's time to start researching the…
5 Surprising Reasons for Divorce
We've all heard of "irreconcilable differences" as a common, somewhat vague reason for divorce. But that's not the only reason a couple…
At the End of Your Case — What You Need to Know
If you have recently received a judgment for your divorce case, you are likely feeling a mixture of emotions. You may be…
DCSS Has Attorneys…..Do You?
DCSS Has Attorneys Representing Them, So Should You! “It is quite simple….., you just input the numbers in a computer program and…
I Want to Change Custody
Many times parents want to change primary custody of the children as opposed to modifying visitation. Statutory and case law makes changing custody much more difficult than…
Attorney Jeremy Roark
The Edgar & Dow is proud and excited to announce that Attorney Jeremy Roark will take over the day to day operations of…
What Is the UCCJEA?
The purpose of the UCCJEA is to allow states to determine which states has jurisdiction regarding custody and visitation and for the court to determine who…
Can A Party Stop A Divorce?
If one party files for a dissolution of marriage, the other party can not stop it unless there is a mutual agreement for…
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