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Jan. 7, 2015

AB 2586: Shocking family law faux pas fixed in a flash

On Feb. 7, 2014, list-serves in the family law community were ablaze about the chaos the Marriage of Boblitt, 223 Cal. App. 4th 1004, would wreak on post-judgment family law actions.


By Michele B. Brown


On Feb. 7, 2014, list-serves in the family law community were ablaze about the chaos the Marriage of Boblitt, 223 Cal. App. 4th 1004, would wreak on post-judgment family law actions.


In Boblitt, the 3rd District Court of Appeal held there is no automatic right to conduct discovery under the Civil Discovery Act for a post-judgment motion in a family law proceeding, and except under limited circumstances, family law litig...

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