In this Commentary, which appears in the August 2007 issue of Matthew Bender's California Family Law Monthly, members of the California Family Law Monthly Editorial Board comment on In re Marriage of West, 152 Cal. App. 4th 240; 60 Cal. Rptr. 3d 858; 2007 Cal. App. LEXIS 1007 (Ca. Ct. App. 2007), in which the Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's order reducing husband's spousal support obligation. Click on the link above to access the Commentary.
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Allen, James D.
James D. Allen is a regular contributing commentator on new cases for California Family Law Monthly (LexisNexis Matthew Bender), and the co-editor of a compendium on marital settlement agreements. He is certified by the State Bar of California as a specialist in family law, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and has regularly been named in The Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Allen is also a member of the Board of Directors of Kids' Turn, a non-profit organization which offers help and support to children and their parents in the midst of divorce.
Grace Blumberg is a Professor of Law at UCLA Law School. She is a Reporter for the American Law Institute's Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution (2002), for which she authored the chapters on child support and nonmarital cohabitation. A gifted teacher who has made significant contributions to the School of Law's Academic Support Program, Professor Blumberg received the School of Law's Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1989 and the University's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1999.
Hon. Roderic Duncan, Judge (Ret.), is a Contributing Consultant and Author to Matthew Bender's California Family Law Practice and Procedure and a Commentator to its California Family Law Monthly. Mr. Duncan was appointed to the California Municipal Court in 1975, and he was elected to the California Superior Court bench in 1987. Over the years, he has been a lecturer and faculty member at two dozen educational programs for judges. In 1990, Judge Duncan was chosen the Judicial Officer of the Year by the California State Bar, Family Law Section. Since retiring from the bench in 1995, he has been doing private judging and mediation.
Patrick DeCarolis, Jr., a California Certified Family Law Specialist, is a partner in the Los Angeles firm of Trope and DeCarolis, which focuses primarily on the area of family law and handles cases in the greater Southern California area. Mr. DeCarolis has been active in the Los Angeles County Bar as a member of the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section for approximately 15 years, and has served as Section Chair. He is a regular editorial consultant to the California Family Law Monthly, and his practice involves all areas of family law, including child custody and paternity matters. Mr. DeCarolis was trial and appellate counsel in the international move-away case, Condon v. Cooper (1998) 62 Cal. App. 4th 533, 73 Cal. Rptr. 2d 33.
Lawrence E. Leone is a partner with Trope and Trope, and is a Certified Family Law Specialist. He is a former Trustee and Chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Family Law Section. He is experienced in complex litigation with more than 27 years of experience helping people with marital issues. Mr. Leone has written or contributed to books on California Evidence, Custody and Discovery. He contributes to the California Family Law Monthly and is working with the CEB on a new custody litigation publication. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from UCLA and his J.D. from Loyola University.
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