Table of Contents

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Publication year: 2016
• Citation: Vol. 38 No. 4

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Message from the Chair.................................................................................................................3

Message from the Editor...............................................................................................................6

Retraining Family Lawyers to Support Mediating Clients...................................................7
By Paula M. Lawhon, CFLS
Many family law attorneys would like to provide mediation services, or be the "separate attorney" for a client in mediation, but do not have adequate training or experience in non-adversarial dispute resolution or collaborative methods to truly support clients in their mediated cases, resulting in difficult and even unsuccessful negotiations. This article discusses the approaches best suited to non-adversarial settlement and what characteristics make certain attorneys better suited to this mode of practice than others.

Term Life Insurance Since In Re Marriage of Burwell (2013)..............................................14
By R. Ann Fallon
In this article, noted retirement benefit specialist Ann Fallon explains the value of term life insurance beyond its face value, discusses what to disclose regarding term life insurance and how to advise your clients regarding changes of beneficiaries pending divorce. She has provided model language for use in judgments and QDROs for division of term life insurance benefits.

How to Divide Interests in Real Property When the Property is Not Community......20
By Nancie Yomtov
Civil partition actions can often be a useful tool in the family law attorney's toolbox, but many of us don't know when they would be appropriate, or why to file them. This article clarifies the use of partition actions and how the remedies available in civil court differ from those in family court.

Recent Developments in California Domestic Violence Case Law..................................26
By Erin Smith, Cory D. Hernandez, & Helen Wang
The Family Violence Appellate Project has been responsible for many of the published appellate cases on domestic violence issues in recent years. In this excellent article, attorneys from the FVAP discuss those cases and the Project's mission and goals.

When the Worst Happens, What Then?...................................................................................31
By Lynne Yates-Carter and Valerie Houghton
When disaster strikes, whether it is an extended illness...