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: Legal Pad | LAThe Proposition 8 civil and family law firestorms
By Richard Binder
As challenges and support pour in, theories abound this week as to why Proposition 8 gained so much traction in recent days. The question also arises en masse à la Bill McKay: what do we do now? Brian McDonough at Legal Pad addresses the impact on family law and links to Deborah Wald's blog post outlining the unique issues that couples and their attorneys may find themselves grappling with over the next several months. Entry with links is here.
Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on November 06, 2008 (boomark / email).
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