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Family

Dec. 25, 2014

A look back at family law in 2014

Several important California family law cases were decided this year in the areas of property rights and support, custody and domestic violence. By Stephanie M. Barnett and Robert W. Stanley


By Stephanie M. Barnett and Robert W. Stanley


Several important California family law cases were decided this year.


Property Rights


In probably the most important family law decision this year, In re Marriage of Valli, 58 Cal. 4th 1396 (2014), the state Supreme Court held that a life insurance policy purchased by husband from a third party with community property funds and titled (at husband's direction) in wife's sole...

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