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Affirming Herring Imming, the Court of Appeal Respects the Evolution of Non-traditional Families While Protecting the Integrity of All Adoptions
     California provides multiple paths for persons with non-biological relationships to children to become parents and to gain parental-type custodial and visitation rights. The public policies supporting these promote non-disruptive initial “parentage” determinations. They also favor stability and continuity in a child’s life if substantial parent-like relationships are developed. This century’s liberalization of the […]

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AAML’s Free Trial Basics Seminar
Since 2015, the Southern California Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers has annually presented a comprehensive free program, Trial Basics Seminar. Herring Imming was pleased to originally conceive and establish TBS. I am pleased to remain the event’s ongoing Dean. TBS is geared toward family law lawyers with limited trial experience wanting to […]

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Taylor Fuller Appointed Co-editor of Santa Barbara Lawyer
Herring Imming lawyer, Taylor Fuller, has for years dedicated herself to the Santa Barbara County Bar Association. In 2025, she steps into the role of Co-editor of its monthly publication, Santa Barbara Lawyer. Scott Jaske joins her as the other Co-editor. Taylor writes, “[a]t its core, SBL is about connection – connection to ideas, to developments […]

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Court of Appeal Affirms Herring Imming’s Trial Court Results, Protecting the Integrity of Adoptions
The Court of Appeal recently issued its written Opinion concerning a San Luis Obispo County Superior Court case in which Herring Imming successfully represented a biological mother and her wife toward protecting their pre-teen daughter. The case, now known as C.C. v. L.B. (24 DJDAR 10911 (11/26/24) (DCA2/6)), affirmed Greg and Ruston’s hard-fought trial court […]

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