Reconsidering Joint Legal Custody in Cases Involving Intimate Partner Violence by Deborah H. Wald, Esq. ACFLS Family Law Specialist, Fall 2023, No. 3
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© January 2023, Deborah H. Wald, Esq. Below is a summary of the most important California cases attempting to answer the critical question: whom do California courts consider a “parent”? These cases, read together, give us guidance on some of the issues the courts are grappling with in defining the contemporary family. Note that adoption […]
A Family Lawyer’s Guide to Embryo Litigation by Deborah H. Wald, Esq. and Richard B. Vaughn, Esq. Embryo article 4-16-17
FLN 2017 – Guide Assisted Reproduction Law. By Deborah H. Wald, Esq. and Richard B. Vaughn, Esq. Family Law News Volume One 2017. Reproduced with permission.
By Deborah H. Wald. GP Solo 2017 Post-Obergefell Published in GPSOLO, Volume 34, Number 1, January/February 2017 by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission.
This article was written prior to amendment of Family Code section 308(c). See Same-Sex Marriage FAQ for updated information. NOTE: This June 2009 memorandum was written by a group of family law attorneys and law professors, including Deborah H. Wald, to answer the question left open by the California Supreme Court in Strauss v. Horton […]
By Deborah H. Wald, Esq. Frederic Hertz, Esq, and Stacey Shuster, PhD. Published in Conflict Resolution Quarterly Volume 27, no. 2, Winter 2009
By Deborah H. Wald. Published in the Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 2007, Volume 15, Issue 3, Article 1
[Published in The Los Angeles Daily Journal, February 16, 2005] © Deborah Wald, Esq. By Deborah Wald, Esq. On January 1, 2005, the California Domestic Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003 went into effect. Under this Act, the same presumptions apply to children born into registered same-sex domestic partnerships as apply to children born into […]
[Published in The Los Angeles Daily Journal, October 5, 2004] © Deborah Wald, Esq. By Deborah Wald, Esq. People tend to think of California as being ahead of the curve on family law issues. After all, aren’t we the “palimony” state, famous for Marvin v. Marvin (1976) 18 Cal.3d 660? And who can forget the […]
