Articles & News

Pest Control
L.A. Lawyer Magazine
February 2006

Code of Civil Procedure Section 391 provides a useful tool for dealing with vexatious litigants.

A Moving Issue
L.A. Lawyer Magazine, Cover Story
November 2000

In "A Moving Issue," authors Ira M. Friedman and Abby Friedman confront the emotional questions raised when a custodial parent seeks to relocate with a child.

The Rules and Pitfalls of Joinder and Intervention
(Formerly "May We Join You")
L.A. Lawyer Magazine
December 1999

Every litigator needs to know how to use and defend against these procedures.

Enforcement of Child Support, Spousal Support and Attorneys Fee Order from Spendthrift Trusts
Family Law: News & Review, Los Angles County Bar Association
Winter 1996

A lot of practitioners would throw up their hands because of the old law school teachings that a spendthrift trust could or would not be invaded for debts. However, there is a way that the incomes from a spendthrift trust can be invaded to pay back child support, spousal support or an attorney fee order.

Interspousal Torts: What Family Law Attorneys Should Know
L.A. Lawyer Magazine
May 1992

By eliminating interspousal tort immunity and allowing one spouse to sue the other spouse in a civil action, the legislature and the courts have forced family law attorney to be sufficiently knowledgeable in the area of interspousal torts to at least recognize when civil liability may exist.