Dear Clients and Friends, Historically, grandparents had no right to demand visitation with their grandchildren in the event of the...

Dear Clients and Friends, By some accounts, 70% of adult Americans do not have any formal estate planning documentation - such as a Will...

Dear Clients and Friends, In January 2019, a new California law changed the way pet custody is handled in divorce cases. Under Family...

Dear Clients and Friends, If you follow celebrity news, you’ve probably heard about the inheritance battle going on between the children...

Dear Clients and Friends, Smaller property investors might be affected by Biden’s real estate tax plan Real estate investors would...

Hello Clients and Friends, Prenuptial agreements are a useful way for soon-to-be married people to provide themselves with security in...

Dear Clients and Friends, California - as well as other states - has a legal doctrine known as “equitable adoption” under which a...

Dear Clients and Friends, If you are in a committed relationship but are not married to your partner, estate planning is essential....

Dear Clients and Friends, Our Los Angeles Family Law, Estate Planning, Probate and Bankruptcy practice centers around our clients’...

Dear Clients and Friends, The typical divorce involves a laundry list of issues to address, ranging from who gets the house, how the cars...

Dear Clients and Friends, In late March, a coalition of Senate Democrats introduced the Sensible Taxation and Equity Promotion (STEP)...

Dear Clients and Friends, If you are in a committed relationship but are not married to your partner, estate planning is essential....

Dear Clients and Friends, In the 2004 family law case of Marriage of LaMusga the court said: “Among the factors that the court ordinarily...

Dear Clients and Friends, A “digital asset” is an electronic record or account in which an individual has a right or interest. In a world...

Dear Clients and Friends, The COVID-19 pandemic has lasted for over a year now and even those who have not contracted the virus or lost a...

Dear Clients and Friends, “Deathbed marriages” between couples where a suitor (often a much younger one) marries someone with a short...

Dear Clients and Friends, The way families are living day to day has changed dramatically over the past several months due to the...

Dear Clients and Friends, The key difference between a conservatorship and guardianship ie that the former is for adults and the latter...

Dear Clients and Friends, A recent South Dakota case makes clear that a gift to a married couple from one spouse’s family will count as a...

Dear Clients and Friends, A mother who wanted to move her kids 90 minutes from their father who shared joint custody, couldn’t do so...