CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Conflicts of Interest
.........Other Relationships
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When an attorney represents one side in a litigation and then switches sides, automatic disqualification of the attorney's new law firm is a presumption subject to rebuttal.

Trial ct. properly disqualified P's former atty from representing his brother, her former boyfriend, in her lawsuit against him where atty had learned confidential information about the relationship that could be used against her.

Proper to disqualify C's paternal GF from representing F against mother in paternity /custody / support case where he had confidential information from mother's father's prior FL case.

Ps' expert cannot be disqualified b/c of conflict of interest for having once been represented by D's atty where expert waived atty/client privilege w/o qualification.

Sibling relationship between H's lawyer and W's physician is insufficient, standing alone, to preclude lawyer from representing her client.