Div. Three of the Court of Appeal for this district has declared that in deciding whether a prevailing party is entitled to an award of attorney fees based on legal work done by his or her attorney/spouse, the inquiry should not be whether a true attorney-client relationship existed, as held in two cases, but whether the property in question is a community asset. 

This year it’s apparent that the California Supreme Court has settled into a new normal. As our results show, over the past five years the court’s metrics in general have been rather consistent.

According to the California Highway Patrol, drivers should be prepared for new traffic laws aimed at improving safety on both highways and local streets.