California Court Hears Gay-Marriage Ban Appeal [FtF]ROBERT SIEGEL
Family Law: Lower Court’s Denial Off Needs-Based Fees Based On Ruling That Wife Was Barred From Enforcing Marital Settlement Agreement By Laches Was Erroneous Laches Ruling Needed To Be Revisited. InMarriage of Goldman, Case No. D082021 (4thDist., Div. 1 Jan. 10, 2025) (partially publishe...
A Federal Appeals Court in California ruled this morning that the state’s controversial ban on same-sex marriages, Proposition 8, is unconstitutional. During the November 2008 elections, voters in California narrowly decided that same-sex couples did not have the right to wed in the Golden ...
who supported Prop. 8 on the grounds that it upheld the religious origins of marriage. The court is "tolerating this different nomenclature based on the will of the people, but the will of the people is not the end of the question," he says. "The net result of today's opinion is tha...
The joinder of parties in marriage dissolution proceedings is provided for in the California Rules of Court as authorized by sections 4363 and 4001 of the Civil Code. fn. 1 Rule 1250 provides: "Notwithstanding any other rule in this division, the court may order that a person who claims an...
attorney fees owed to the other spouse’s lawyer and not the spouse usually won't qualify. However, if one spouse was ordered to pay the other spouse's attorney fees in a support proceeding, the obligation may be considered in the nature of support. The bankruptcy court will look at the...
In the best-case scenario, you will be granted a marriage dissolution 6 months after you initiate it. It is the bare minimum in California, and the timeline might increase as it is affected by court schedules and caseload, potential complications in your case, and other factors that are pron...
In the best-case scenario, you will be granted a marriage dissolution 6 months after you initiate it. It is the bare minimum in California, and the timeline might increase as it is affected by court schedules and caseload, potential complications in your case, and other factors that are pron...
* that defendant organized a few months prior to the marriage, which the court found to be defendant's separate property and from which decision plaintiff has not appealed. In February, 1948, plaintiff began taking care of the books of this business and writing the letters. She continued ...
The article reports on the hearing of arguments in the gay marriage legal battle at the California Supreme Court on March 4, 2008. City officials and civil rights groups in San Francisco have challenged the ban on gay marriage in the state, asserting that it deprives same-sex couples of the...