There was finally a light at the end of the COVID tunnel, or so it seemed. California, among other states slowly opened back up, just to lock back down this summer due to the crisis with the Delta Variant, which may affect us for some months to come. And it is still not at all clear what the post-COVID world will look like. Many of the technology changes will stay, no doubt we will be […]
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AFCC-CA believes it is important to take a firm a stand against the recent escalation of violence and hate targeting our Asian and Pacific-Islander communities. A recent Pew survey indicates that since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 30% of Americans and immigrants of Asian and Pacific Islander descent reported having been the target of racist slurs or jokes; and between March 2020 and February 2021, nearly 3,800 hate crimes or incidents against this […]
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Below are summaries of cases from 2020 to April 2021 affecting child custody issues in California. AFCC California and the Insights staff are very grateful to Dawn for her hard work gathering this vital information for our membership. In re A.J. In re A.J. (2019) 44 Cal.App.5th 652, 257 Cal.Rptr.3d 366: In this case, decided on December 24 but ordered published on January 23, 2020, the Second District reversed a Los Angeles County Juvenile Court’s […]
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“Ask Three Mentors” is a question-and-answer column, produced exclusively for Insights, that highlights the fact that members of AFCC are attorneys, judges, and mental health professionals. Many of our most experienced members are committed to mentoring and passing on the wealth of knowledge they’ve acquired through years of work in the field of family law. Each month we will pose a custody-related question to three members of our panel of exceptionally experienced and widely respected […]
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