Family,
California Courts of Appeal
May 14, 2016
The cost of failing to preserve the record in family court
Appellate lawyers often say "if it is not the record, it didn't happen." The takeaway: make an adequate record.
Claudia Ribet
Of Counsel
California Appellate Law Group LLP
appellate law (certified) and family law (certified)
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Los Angeles , California 90017
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Antioch School of Law
California Appellate Law Group LLP is an appellate boutique with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Claudia is one of only three attorneys in California certified by the State Bar as a specialist in both family law and appellate law. Find out more about Claudia and the California Appellate Law Group LLP at www.calapplaw.com. Appellate Zealots is a monthly column on recent appellate decisions and appellate issues written by the attorneys of the California Appellate Law Group LLP.
Appellate lawyers often say "if it is not the record, it didn't happen." The takeaway: make an adequate record. To be sure, everything one does in the courtroom has one goal: success for the client. Therefore, if a bench officer seems overly annoyed by evidentiary objections, for example, it is probably best to err on the side of making only those objections absolutely necessary from an appellate point of view. You might decide you must object to a financial statement that isn't authentica...
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