Yearly Archives: 2009

The Superior Court held that the trial court had erred by ordering father to share the Social Security benefit while setting child support at $0....

Suspicious spouses who engage in spying need to be aware of the legal pitfalls, including violations of the wiretapping laws or protection from abuse law....

I must say this conference was one of the best I have attended in some time....

The Court noted that there is no statutory definition of "income" for alimony cases in California, and it was unclear whether retained earnings could be properly categorized as "income" for alimony purposes....

In Blazer v. Blazer (No. DR 38292, Aug. 25, 2009), the California Court of Appeals discusses the excess earnings method and, in particular, the myriad ways to distinguish personal from enterprise goodwill....