Many significant appellate decisions were released in 2017, 2018 and 2019 that resolved issues of first impression in California.* The Legislature also amended multiple California code sections impacting domestic violence survivors. Honorable Judge Mark Juhas from the Superior Court of Los Angeles (Family Law Division) and Shuray Ghorishi, Senior Attorney at Family Violence Appellate Project, the organization responsible for most of the case law and statutory changes that will be discussed, will address the factual and legal grounds for each case, the new statutory amendments, and provide best practices for low-income litigants that need to use these laws in family court.
