custody

California Appellate Court Clarifies the Standard Necessary for Modification of Parenting Or Visitation Arrangement

On October 30, 2017m the 2nd District Court of Appeal in the case of In re Marriage of Furie 2017 Cal.Ap.. LEXIS 946 held that a “change of circumstances” is not necessary to modify a parenting or visitation arrangement not amount to a change of custody. Although the requested modification in that case involved was…

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Can My Child Decide Who He/She Wants to Live With?

Child Custody is one of the most important issues to be decide in a martial dissolution matters.  Indeed, parents going through divorce may end up spending tens of thousands of dollars and countless sleepless nights fighting over child custody and visitation.  The issue of child custody has two components: (1) legal custody; and (2) physical…

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Who Gets the Dog in the Divorce?

In a time when more families own dogs, the question of who gets the family pet is a real question for some parties going through divorce.  Last year, the Washington Post reported that three-fourths of Americans in their 30’s have dogs.  Apparently, Millennials are more likely to have a pet than own a home, a car…

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