Does a family business attorney have an inherent conflict in undertaking to represent one spouse in a divorce proceeding?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Chyczewski v. Chyczewski (In re Chyczewski), G050620 (Cal. App. 2015):
Woods v. Superior Court (1983) 149 Cal.App.3d 931 (Woods) speaks directly to a family business attorney's inherent conflict in undertaking to represent one spouse in a dissolution proceeding. The key point from Woods is that the business attorney necessarily "in a very real sense continues to represent" the other spouse. (Woods, supra, 149 Cal.App.3d at p. 935.)
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