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Family

May 26, 2020

Assessing risk of Family Code Section 271 sanctions

The back log of family law cases in the superior court is severe, estimated at 32,000. Unfortunately, in many of these cases, courtesies and civilities are not going to be extended and courts should be open to remedies to curb abuses.

Vivian Carrasco Hosp

Young, Spiegel, Hillman & Hosp LLP

Lance S. Spiegel

Young, Spiegel, Hillman & Hosp LLP

On May 20, the Daily Journal published "Family law and resilience: A time to carry on," by retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judges Scott M. Gordon and Thomas Trent Lewis, addressing the impact of the current global pandemic on family courts -- and the family law community at large -- and how we move forward. The back log of family law cases in the superior ...

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