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When California first enacted divorce laws in 1850, the only grounds for divorce were impotence, extreme cruelty, desertion, neglect, habitual intemperance, fraud, adultery, or conviction of a felony. [29] In 1969-1970, California became the first state to pass a purely no-fault divorce law, i.e., one which did not offer any fault divorce ...
Veteran's pensions, indemnity compensation for service-connected deaths, medical care, and nursing home care, right to burial in veterans' cemeteries, educational assistance, and housing; survivor benefits for federal employees; Survivor benefits for spouses of longshoremen, harbor workers, railroad workers
Regents of the University of California, 17 Cal. 3d 425, 551 P.2d 334, 131 Cal. Rptr. 14 (Cal. 1976)]. 4. A recipient of pro bono (free) services (either legal or medical) is entitled to expect the same standard of care as a person who pays for the same services, to prevent an indigent person from being entitled to only substandard care. [2]
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Many statutes at both the federal and state levels allow the winner to recover reasonable attorney's fees, [3] and there are two major exceptions in federal case law as well. [4] Under Rule 54(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, [2] federal statutes may supersede the default rule of not awarding attorney fees.
Divorce: If you think budgeting and saving are hard in this economy, imagine splitting up in it. The dog days of summer are boom times for divorce. Here’s why it’s tougher in this economy
As California faces a staggering budget deficit, library card holders may soon lose the ability to check out free passes to more than 200 state parks, including popular destinations near Los Angeles.
As such, California domestic partnerships are functionally equivalent to civil unions offered in several other states. Filing an invalid California Declaration of Domestic Partnership is a serious offense and considered a misdemeanor. Although the program enjoys broad support in California, [3] it has been the source of some controversy. Groups ...