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If you live in California, have a child under the age of 18 or not legally emancipated, and do not cohabitate with the other parent, you may have come across the term "guideline child support.”  You may wonder what it means and how “guideline child support” is determined.  While child support is dependent on numerous [...]

You’re engaged.  Congratulations! You and your fiancé are regaling friends and family with details about the magical moment the question was popped, and you are both head-over-heals with excitement about the pending nuptials. Hours will be spent planning the wedding, reception, honeymoon, etc. Everything will be planned to a tee, with the event coordinator on [...]

For many years the real estate sales market in the US has operated under a system of broker compensation structured around a buyer’s broker and agent being compensated by the commission charged to the seller by the seller’s broker.  Sounds confusing already, doesn’t it? Typically, sellers of property will contract with a licensed real estate [...]

            Our case today is about two men in their thirties who separately sued Michael Jackson and his corporations for sexual abuse Jackson perpetrated on them when they were young boys. Their lawsuits, filed many years after the egregious acts, were found timely because the statute of limitations deadline to [...]

Hamlet’s famous soliloquy “To be or not be to: that is the question” is an evocative line.  Whether one views Shakespeare’s character as melodramatic or contemplative, Hamlet captures the importance of a decision when the stakes are high, and in matters of divorce, the stakes are usually high. One of the first things to determine [...]

            As a full-service law firm handling real estate, estate planning, and land use matters, we see this factual circumstance often: a buyer of real estate purchased the property in their individual capacity before creating an estate plan. Once talking with an estate planning attorney, the buyer/owner wants to transfer [...]

            Governor Gavin Newsom has now signed AB 12, changing laws related to residential tenancy and security deposits. The amendments to California law concerning security deposits will become effective next year. No longer will landlords have authority to obtain two months of rent as a security deposit or three months [...]

            Porter Simon, a Truckee and Lake Tahoe-based law firm, is proud to announce that partner Ethan J. Birnberg has been named the “2023 Best Attorney” in the Truckee and North Lake Tahoe. Over 100,000 votes were cast during an approximate three-week period, according to Tahoe Daily Tribune and Sierra [...]

            I am not a golfer. I prefer to walk in nature without the angst of having to hit a little white ball while doing so. Thus, I loved this quote from the First Appellate District Court of Appeal: “Golf is a sport whose object is for players to use [...]