In People v. Sanchez (2016) 63 Cal.4th 665, the California Supreme Court clarified the application of the hearsay rule to information contained in the testimony of an expert at trial.  In short the ruling holds that while experts may testify to general background information in their field, when they relate (or rely on) case specific out of court statements that they are relying on  as true, those statements are hearsay and cannot be admitted.   If the […]

The AFCC-­CA mentorship program continues to gain momentum, and take form and shape.  Specifically, at the AFCC-­CA February 2017 conference, the importance of professional mentorship was underscored during Plenary 3: “Streamlining Family Courts and Custody Evaluations: What Needs to Change.”  Also, it was noteworthy that the AFCC-­CA membership got an opportunity to hear firsthand about many of the challenging dilemmas and scenarios that early career custody evaluators and “custody evaluators-­in-­training” face in their work and […]