What Does it Mean

The California family code codifies each parents obligation to support her or his minor child(ren) in a manner suitable to the child’s circumstances and the parents station in life.  

Forums for Speech

Three types of forums are recognized in law.  The first is the traditional public forum, such as a street, sidewalks, or public park, held in trust for public use and traditional places for public discourse and discussion.

Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) is government backed financing for energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements on real property. 

The Shipowner’s Limitation of Liability Act (46 U.S.C. § 183 et. seq.)  (“Act”) was enacted in 1851 to support the development of America’s nascent merchant marines by “encourage[ing] shipbuilding and to induce capitalists to invest money ….” (Norwich Company v. Wright (1871)80 U.S. 104.) 

Common law is best described as oral tribal justice established in England thousands of years ago that continues to this day. Prior to the common law was the Anglo-Saxon law consisting of the written laws promulgated by the King, written statements relating to custom contained in such books as the Domesday Book or Book of Winchester, and other written legal rules and enactments. The common law of England was largely created in the period after the Norman Conquest of 1066.

A Revocable Trust, or "living trust" is a trust created during a person’s lifetime, hence the terms revocable and living.

Under California Code of Civil Procedure section 474, if a Plaintiff is ignorant of the name of a potential defendant, a defendant in the complaint may be named as a “Doe” defendant. Often the caption of a complaint filed in the court will include DOES 1 – 10 as defendants

A party may eliminate the right of survivorship to property, as long as the party provides notice of the change is filed with the court and served on the other party before the change takes effect. There is a right of survivorship

The ATROs prevent no person from revoke an instrument that makes a transfer of property on death, including a revocable trust if the party provides notice of the change is filed with the court and served on the other party before the change takes effect.

The ATROs prevent no person from creating, modifying, or revocation a will because a will is nothing more than testamentary intention of the party and not an actual transfer of property.