Law Offices of Anju Multani

01/31/2026

03/17/2022

A CHILD CAN HAVE 3 PARENTS THROUGH ADOPTION..an existing parent or parents can retain their parental rights, while
also agreeing to confer parental rights on another parent or parent(s). (§ 8617, subd. (b).)
Section 8617, subdivision (b) provides that “termination of the parental duties and
responsibilities of the existing parent or parents under subdivision (a) may be waived if
both the existing parent or parents and the prospective adoptive parent or parents sign a
waiver at any time prior to the finalization of the adoption. The waiver shall be filed with
the court.”

03/14/2022

ARE POLICE REPORTS ADMISSIBLE IN COURT

In civil and criminal cases, police reports are inadmissible
when they contain improper multiple hearsay. (See Cal. Law
Revision Com. com., 29B pt. 5 West’s Ann. Evid. Code (2015 ed.)
foll. § 1271, p. 6 [“Police accident and arrest reports are usually
held inadmissible because they are based on the narrations of
persons who have no business duty to report to the police.”];
Alvarez v. Jacmar Pacific Pizza Corp. (2002) 100 Cal.App.4th
1190, 1204–1206.)
An example of a fatal double hearsay problem would be if
Witness tells Person X about Fact Y, and Person X writes a
report stating, “Witness said Fact Y.” The report’s account of
what Witness told Person X is first-level hearsay. Person X’s
written report is second-level hearsay: the written report is an
out-of-court statement offered for its truth. (See Evid. Code,
§ 1200; Sanchez, supra, 63 Cal.4th at pp. 674–675; Lake v.
Reed (1997) 16 Cal.4th 448, 459 (Lake).) If a court admitted
Person X’s report for its truth, both Witness and Person X could
escape cross-examination without any sign the hearsay was
trustworthy. That result is what the hearsay rule aims to avoid

03/12/2022

When spouses or domestic partners get ready to file for divorce or legal separation, they may have different points of view on issues like property division, custody of the children, or support. But just because you may have these disagreements, it does not mean you have to go in front of a judge to resolve them.

Consider that a judge can never know about your relationship — as a couple and as a family — as well as you know yourselves. So it often makes sense to work out as many issues as you can out of court. In most cases, resolving your disputes outside of court saves time and money.

More importantly, it can help you avoid or minimize a lot of the negative emotional impact that contested divorce cases can have. Divorce or separation is a difficult emotional process. You and your family will surely feel the impact of the legal processes and the emotional issues. For help dealing with the emotional impact of divorce on you and your children and information to help you work out some of the issues around your children, visit Families ChangeExternal link icon, an online guide for families going through separation and divorce. It has 3 versions – one for parentsExternal link icon, one for childrenExternal link icon, and one for teens and pre-teensExternal link icon.

There are a number of ways that you can approach your divorce or legal separation case to focus on resolving the issues in the case by agreement. With these approaches, you can get help trying to reach agreements when you cannot do it all yourselves without help. Click to learn more about agreements in divorce cases.

Mediation
One of these approaches is trying mediation. In mediation, an impartial person (the mediator) helps people reach an agreement they can both accept. The mediator helps people talk the issues through in a way that often makes it easier for the couple to settle the dispute themselves. Mediators do not make decisions. Agreements can only be reached if everyone agrees. The mediator will not force you to agree to anything.

Even if you do not think you will be able to agree to everything, mediation can help you resolve some issues, so that you can concentrate on the issues you have not resolved and have a judge make the decision on those. Also, by preparing for mediation, you will prepare yourself for trial in case you do not reach an agreement.

10/24/2021

‘Income Earned During the Marriage Are His Separate Property’:

Robert De Niro Won’t Be Splitting His $500 Million Fortune with Estranged Wife In Divorce Settlement, Court Decides

Because he had a good prenuptial agreement..he only has to pay ongoing alimony of $1 million per year

09/30/2021

The parties had been married for 20 years when they decided to separate in 2004. In 2003, the husband used community property funds from a joint bank account to buy a life insurance policy in the amount of $3.75 million, identifying his wife as the sole owner and beneficiary. There is no question that the policy premiums had been also paid with community property funds. The trial court ruled that the insurance policy was community property, as it was acquired during the marriage with community funds. The court of appeals reversed, finding that the insurance policy was the wife’s separate property. Supreme Court found the policy to be community property. Marriage of VALLI

04/10/2021

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02/03/2021

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01/25/2021

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