California Family Code Section 3044 3044. "(a) Upon a finding by the court that a party seeking custody of a child has perpetrated domestic violence against the other party seeking custody of the child or against the child or the child's siblings within the previous five years, there is a rebuttable presumption that an award [...]
A common misconception among the courts is that infants cannot be with their fathers, and in fact should be exclusively with the mother at night. There is little, if any evidence for this proposition and in fact only serves to underscore the inherent prejudice fathers experience in California courts. Social workers and psychologists unfamiliar with [...]
RESTRAINING ORDER FOR PETS SB353 allows the courts to include animals in restraining orders. As a consequence of the emotions involved in divorce, household pets are often killed by pereptrators of domestic violence and estranged spouses. This piece of legislation is designed to protect the pets from the perpetrators. On July 21, 2008, for example, [...]
