Limits on Recovery in Medical Malpractice in California
The Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) was passed in 1975 and heavily regulates how medical malpractice actions are prosecuted in California. One of the more significant details of the law...
View Article“Owner Move In” in San Francisco
San Francisco has very strong rent control protections that generally favor tenants over landlords. Among those protections are that landlords are precluded from evicting a tenant without a very...
View ArticlePrenuptial Agreements in California
Prenuptial agreements allow parties to alter the base line rules of California divorces. For example, in California, while married, both spouses generate community property. However, a prenuptial...
View ArticleDomestic Violence Restraining Orders
In California there are multiple types of restraining orders a court can issue. One type of restraining order is a domestic violence restraining order under California Family Code Section 6200 et seq....
View ArticleTenancy in Common (TIC) the new normal?
With seemingly never ending rising home prices, the San Francisco Bay Area has seen increasing use of Tenancy In Common Agreements (TIC Agreements) to make the purchase of real estate more affordable....
View ArticleBeing a Landlord in San Francisco
Being a landlord in San Francisco is a high risk high reward proposition. It is common knowledge that San Francisco properties can fetch some of the highest rental prices in the world. However, with...
View ArticleThe Final Evolution of LGBTQ Law?
The past several decades have been roller coaster of ups and downs for LGBTQ marriage, divorce, and domestic partnership. From legality, to illegality, to separate and not equal, to indistinguishable....
View ArticleA New Direction for California Adoption Law
This past August California approved bill AB1373 which amended several family code sections governing adoptions that had been unmodified for some 30 years. Under existing law, the existing parents of...
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Post Judgment Dissolution Discovery in Divorce Proceedings
After a dissolution in a family case (divorce legal, separation etc) there is an extremely limited right to additional discovery. Generally this is limited to a yearly update on a party’s earning...
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Unique Issues in LGBTQ Dissolutions in California
LGBTQ dissolutions have become somewhat settled law the last couple of years. However, by no means does this mean that same sex and queer dissolutions are settled territory in the law without issues....
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