California Family Law Attorney and Her Client Killed by Client’s Husband

Family Law attorney Judith Soley, 65, and her client were gunned down at a Bass Lake restaurant Feb. 16 by the client’s husband, who later turned the gun on himself.  Ms. Soley and Sandra Williamson, 65, her client, were leaving a restaurant during a break in court proceedings when Williamson’s estranged husband, James, began beating Soley, [...]

You Thought You Were Paying a Lot of Spousal Support!!

Just when you thought you were paying more in spousal support than you thought was fair, along comes this story from Australia.  As a high-earning professional, the husband took home almost $2 million, including a six-figure bonus, in the last year.  After their split he moved out of the $2.7 million family home and into [...]

New Law Changes Kindergarten Age

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a new law late Thursday night that California’s kindergartners of 2014 must turn five before Sept. 1 of that year to enroll in Kindergarten. The provision in existing law that allows parents to enroll younger students on a case-by-case basis will remain in place. The new law will be phased in. [...]

New York Passes No Fault Divorce Into Law

Image by Getty Images via @daylife As reported in Bloomberg.com, the Governor of New York, David Paterson, signed into law the no fault divorce in New York yesterday.   Previously, parties had to point fingers at the other side alleging cruelty, adultery or abandonment to get a divorce. The change goes into effect in 60 [...]

Social Host Liability – Furnishing Alcohol to Minors

Image via Wikipedia In case you haven’t heard of AB 2486, it is a bill introduced by Assembly Member Feuer, which will make changes to Section 1714 of the Civil Code in California. Under existing California law, a social host who furnishes alcoholic beverages to any person may not be held legally accountable for damages suffered by [...]

Murderous Spouses Barred From Collecting in Divorce Settlements

Assembly Bill 2674 was passed into law on July 16, 2010.  In case you don’t know what Assembly Bill 2674 is about, AB 2674 is based upon the personal experience of Detective John Pomroy of the Pomona Police Department who was forced to turn over part of his CalPERS retirement and deferred compensation proceeds to [...]

New York May Soon Become the Last No Fault Divorce State

Image via Wikipedia New York is the only state in the country that does not allow no-fault divorce, creating what divorce lawyers call institutionalized perjury by forcing couples in failing marriages to essentially lie to a judge.  I wrote not to long ago about a case in New York in which the wife threatened the [...]