Topic: Case Law

January 22, 2020

Protected: Here’s Looking at You

by Hon. Thomas Trent Lewis (Ret.) , Ariel Leichter-Maroko, JD, CFLS , Jenna Charlotte Spatz, JD, CFLS

At the request of the Honorable Thomas Trent Lewis (Ret.),…

• Topics:
• Case Law
• Custody Evaluators
• Evaluations

May 1, 2017

SAFE FROM SANCHEZ

by Hon. Robert A. Schnider, Ret.

In People v. Sanchez (2016) 63 Cal.4th 665, the California Supreme…

• Topics:
• Case Law
• Custody Evaluators
• Trial Practice

July 1, 2016

Legal and Psychological Issues Raised by California’s Multi-Parent Statute

by Nancy W. Olesen, Ph.D. , Deborah H. Wald, Esq., CFLS

On October 4, 2013, Governor Brown signed a historic bill…

• Topics:
• Case Law
• Grandparent Visitation
• Legislation
• Multi-Parent Custody
• Trial Practice

December 1, 2015

THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF MEDIATION CONFIDENTIALITY IN CALIFORNIA

by Hon. Thomas Trent Lewis (Ret.) , Forest S. Mosten, Esq., CFLS , Elizabeth Potter Scully, JD, CFLS

A principal purpose [of mediation confidentiality] is to assure prospective…

• Topics:
• Case Law
• Mediation

December 1, 2015

California Legislature Heightens Standards for Admissibility of Child Custody Evaluations

by Leslie Ellen Shear, CFLS, CALS, IAML

Child custody evaluators who fail to fully comply with California…

• Topics:
• Case Law
• Custody Evaluators
• Evaluations
• Legislation