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Family,
Alternative Dispute Resolution

Mar. 15, 2023

Mediation clients need not follow California law

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Franklin R. Garfield

Garfield & Tepper

Email: frank@frankgarfield.com

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Enacted in 1970, frequently amended and supplemented by many hundreds of appellate decisions, California's no-fault divorce law governs virtually every aspect of marital dissolutions. In Court, judges have taken an oath to apply that law to the facts of the cases before them. Judges who fail to follow the law are routinely reversed by the appellate courts.

But there are situations in which the parties recognize that following California la...

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