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Family

Mar. 16, 2020

Avoiding adverse rulings on attorney fees requests in family court

The purpose of this article is to assist family law practitioners in avoiding the common mistakes in requesting attorney fees pursuant to Family Code Sections 2030, 2032, 3121, 3357 and 7605.

Daniel Ramirez

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Daniel is a retired judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

The purpose of this article is to assist family law practitioners in avoiding the common mistakes in requesting attorney fees pursuant to Family Code Sections 2030, 2032, 3121, 3357 and 7605. As a former family law judge, I know that family law judges want to grant reasonable attorney fees where both the facts and the law warrant the same.

The key is to make it easy for the judge to make the award of attorney fees by submitting the ...

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