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Divorced Parents Wanted For Upcoming Reality TV Show
I just got contacted by a friend down Hollywood way. From the Producers who brought you transformational shows such as The Biggest Loser and Extreme Weight Loss, Eyeworks USA announced that casting...
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Courtney G. Joslin law professor at UC Davis has published an article on Federalism and Family Status. Here is the abstract: The myth of family law’s inherent localism is sticky. In the past, it was...
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Custody Software Can Help Parents; Try Custody X Change
An attorney representing a parent in a child custody case wants the parent to be happy with the negotiated custody arrangements. However, the parent must do everything they can to help the attorney...
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Supreme Court Punts Again On Same-Sex Marriage
Today the U.S. Supreme Court let stand appeals court rulings from five states that allow same-sex marriage. It may seem odd to some folks not familiar with the workings of the court, but what it has...
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Online Child Support Calculator
Walk into most California family law courtrooms, or into the office of many California family law lawyers, and you will be introduced to a software program called Dissomaster. This very expensive...
View ArticleDivorce Not Necessarily Bad For The Kids
Countless times I have sat in on meetings with parents during which they tell me that they stayed in bad marriages for the sake of the children. For years psychologists at continuing legal education...
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Getting A Mortgage After Divorce
The family residence is often the most valuable asset in divorce. Valuable economically, and valuable emotionally. It is quite common for one spouse to want to keep the house despite the divorce. The...
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Dem Cats
If you come by to visit us at our Pleasanton office you are going to see a lot of cats around the property. Well, not a lot, but four or five. Turns out we have become home base for a colony of feral...
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Interpreting Court Orders
An unpublished opinion out of San Diego County gives an intriguing analysis of interpreting the language in family law court orders that could be considered ambiguous. Denny and Catherine got divorced...
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Be Wary Ye Paternity Payor Who Returns To The Family
When a published opinion starts with “family law is not getting any easier” in the first paragraph and “the question is of first impression in California”in the second paragraph you know something big...
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Divorce Disclosures Are Serious Stuff
As part of every California divorce each spouse is compelled to complete and exchange declarations of disclosure that list all property and debt. Some lawyers take shortcuts when preparing the...
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Celebrity Divorce News
It has been some time since we brought you a post under our most popular topic: Celebrity Divorce. There has been so much family law action in Hollywood lately that we just could not wait any longer....
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Please Enjoy Our New Website
Welcome to the new hardinglaw.com website! Here is the backstory: Roughly five years ago Harding & Associates Family Law launched an updated website. It was innovative for its time, and immediately...
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The Vexatious Litigant
If you have a compulsion to go to court for no apparent reason it can get you into hot water. Section 391 of California’s Code of Civil Procedure says a vexatious litigant is “a person who has, while...
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John Harding Speaks at Spain Program
Harding & Associates Family Law principal John Harding enjoyed the privilege of appearing as a speaker at the European Chapter meeting of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers....
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Catholic Divorce
Every religion has its dogma and practice regarding divorce. That includes the Catholic Church. With a billion+ catholics around the world, the effect of Catholic policy has an impact on divorce...
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The Destination Divorce
I have just read a fascinating article at Quartz (qz.com) regarding the destination divorce. Here is the set up from the article. Before no-fault divorce, getting a divorce was much more burdensome....
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Listen to the Supreme Court arguments on the issue of same sex marriage
The U.S. Supreme Court still operates in relative secrecy. There are no cameras. There are no live feeds of the Court’s proceedings. If you want to hear it live, you have to stand in line and get a...
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2015 AAML Symposium A Success!
I had the privilege this past weekend of speaking (along with my buddy Ron Granberg) at the annual symposium put on by the Northern California Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers....
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