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Family

Jul. 16, 2020

Mitigating the unintended consequences of divorce laws

A recent appellate case highlights three areas in which conduct that is commonplace during the course of a marriage may have consequences that are both unintended and unanticipated if the marriage ends in divorce.

Franklin R. Garfield

Garfield & Tepper

Email: frank@frankgarfield.com

The vast majority of couples marry without a prenuptial agreement to govern their rights and duties in the event of a divorce. They are also unfamiliar with the divorce laws of the state of California. A recent appellate case, Mullonkal v. Kodiyamplakkil, 2020 DJDAR 6701 (June 29, 2020), highlights three areas in which conduct...

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