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Civil Litigation,
Family,
California Courts of Appeal

Apr. 27, 2018

A tsunami is coming to family law

A recent decision will likely instigate a sea change regarding how family law trials and motions are litigated.

Claudia Ribet

Of Counsel
California Appellate Law Group LLP

appellate law (certified) and family law (certified)

811 Wilshire Blvd 17th Floor
Los Angeles , California 90017

Phone: (213) 878-0404

Antioch School of Law

California Appellate Law Group LLP is an appellate boutique with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Claudia is one of only three attorneys in California certified by the State Bar as a specialist in both family law and appellate law. Find out more about Claudia and the California Appellate Law Group LLP at www.calapplaw.com. Appellate Zealots is a monthly column on recent appellate decisions and appellate issues written by the attorneys of the California Appellate Law Group LLP.

Karen Silver

Ribet & Silver

Email: ksilver@ribetsilver.com

The decision in In re Marriage of Swain, 21 Cal. App.5th 830 (2018), if not a tsunami, will likely instigate a sea change regarding how family law trials and motions are litigated.

In the past, family law requests for orders (e.g., motions for spousal support, child support, custody and visitation, attorney fees, or other relief) were often tried via written declarations from the parties themselves, as wel...

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