Legal Question in Family Law in California

Tell him or her that if you don't have it in 48 hours, you will call the state bar. That is a major ethical violation.

I agree with Mr. McCormick, but I have not had luck with the threatening with the State Bar in my own experience with getting files from clients' former lawyers. I have had the State Bar tell me that 5 months is not a significant delay in a client's file, and that I needed to be more patient.