Family Law Guy
"California family law news, views and ruminations."
Author: Richard Gould-Saltman practices at Gould-Saltman Law Offices in Los Angeles.
Blawg Related Categories: Family Law • States • California • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Family Law Guy
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Kim Kardashian Agrees With Me: Get a Pre-marital Agreement!
I just couldn't resist writing the headline. Here's the story.
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Surprisingly, Los Angles is NOT the Divorce Capital!
In fact, California's not really in the running. Looks like Indiana and Florida are the big contenders.
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How To Maximize Your Parenting In California
My advice on:How To Maximize Your Parenting In California - Avvo.comShared via AddThis
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We're saying the same thing; we're just saying it differently
My learned colleague Mark Chinn** from Jackson, MS, posted a deliberately provocative title to his blog this week: said Mark: "If you get a prenuptial agreement in the days before the marriage, don’t sign it!"My…
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Teenagers, the State and Religion: do hard cases make bad law?
Rifqa Bary, who's seventeen, ran away from her parents in Columbus, Ohio, and turned up in Orlando, Florida, under the "care"of a pastor whom she met over the internet. The pastor held a press conference…
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Divorce Can Make You Sick
This just in: divorcing is often so stressful that it will make you sick.
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Pre-Nups in Britain? Maybe so!
It appears that a sea-change in British family law may happening, and that British courts may begin recognizing some pre-marital agreements as valid.
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Divorce, Tabloid News, and the First Amendment
The Connecticut Supreme Court has held that once someone with a "celebrity divorce" signs an agreement that gives away the right to blab about the divorce to the media, in exchange for money from her…
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A Cup of Coffee on the Way, Part 3: Pre-Marital Agreements: Romance-Killer or Marriage Insurance?
Back in February, I started down a path of discussing what we, as a society and as a state, intended when we set up our "family law" and rules, and how, and whether, that should…
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For Those Who Thought I was just Goofing Off In New Orleans
AFCC Annual Meeting, New Orleans Saturday, May 30, 2009, 9:15 am (now available for download)"You Signed WHAT?"Mental health professionals have an ethical obligation to provide an “informed consent” process to the families they serve and…