Latest Family Law Briefs

Dan R. Gold, Esq. • August 5, 2020

The California Appellate Courts continue to work during the COVID-19 Pandemic and provide insight on issues affecting family law.



THIS JUST IN:

Depreciation for equipment and other assets used by a business and IRC section 179 expenses may not be treated as statutory deductions in calculating income available for child support. There is no presumption of correctness to a business owner's individual and corporate tax returns.

When spouses use c/p to acquire property in joint tenancy on or after 1/1/75 the property is preemptively c/p under Fam. Code § 760 in a dispute between the couple and a bankruptcy trustee. Fam. Code §2581 is a stronger presumption than Fam. Code §760 and cannot be rebutted by tracing. Community property presumption explained.


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