Representative Case Summaries

Family Law

 

• On the eve of their dissolution trial, parties agreed to one last attempt at mediation. The difference in their contentions about the value of the community property business was well into seven figures. Settled.

• In a highly emotional dissolution proceeding, spouses accused each other of domestic violence and breach of fiduciary duty, in addition to disputes about spousal support, characterization of property, and division of community property. Settled.

• In connection with the dissolution of their long-term marriage, spouses disagreed about elderly Husband’s IAFS (income available for support) and how to compensate Wife for her community interest in an illiquid partnership. Settled.

• Parties disputed custody of their minor children after one parent sought to move the children across the country, in addition to major disagreements about financial issues. A custody settlement conference morphed in to a global Marital Settlement Agreement. Settled.