California Family Law Blog

Fremont Family Law Attorney advises California residents to keep an eye on the Elkins Family Law Task Force.

In 2008 the Elkins Family Law Task Force was commissioned to improve efficiency and fairness in family law proceedings , conduct a comprehensive review of family law proceedings and recommend changes to increase access to justice, ensure due process, and provide for more effective and consistent rules, policies, and procedures in family law courts across California.

The task force was created after a 2007 California Supreme Court decision recommended that the Judicial Council create a commission to even out the family law court system across the state. In California, more than 75 percent of family law trials have at least one party self-represented, and one of the goals is to ensure that, despite the high volume of family law cases in the courts, that all parties have equal access to justice in the family law court system. According to a California court fact sheet, “the task force has sought input from all stakeholders, including litigants, attorneys, judicial officers, and court staff and will continue to do so as it develops its recommendations.”

The task force is now seeking public comments on the more than 100 recommendations designed to increase access to justice, fairness and due process for family law litigants. The recommendations can be found here, and comments are being accepted from October 1, 2009 through December4, 2009.

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A San Jose Family Law Attorney defines common law mariage

A common law marriage os one that is created via cohabitation for a certain period of time (as oppsed to a marriage created by a ceremony). The period of time for a common law marriage is significant, and cohabitation alone does not define a common law marriage. The common law marriage couple also represents themselves as joined and living together as if they were married.

Common Law marriage is sometimes referred to as facto marriage. The inferrence here is that it is a marriage which exists under less formal circumstances than one entered into with a wedding and marriage license, however it encompasses the features and attributes of a legal marriage. While there is no contract between the common living in a common law marriage, some common law jurisdictions recognize it as a legal union. Still others do not.

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