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John Michael Kelly

John Michael Kelly's Legal Cases (5)

Santa Monica, CA

Divorce and separation Lawyer at Santa Monica, CA

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Family

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Child custody

Petrikin 1970

N/A

OUTCOME: Successful!

First California attorney to try Grandparents Rights Suit

Divorce and separation

Ryan 1984

N/A

OUTCOME: Successful!

First California attorney appointed by children to represent them as individuals in a divorce

Child custody

Ward 1985

N/A

OUTCOME: Successful!

First California attorney to file suit against abducting parent under Penal Code 278.5, for $2.50 million

Child custody

Wang 1993

N/A

OUTCOME: Successful!

Largest child abduction award litigated in the United States, $12.4 million

Child custody

Ryan 1985

N/A

OUTCOME: Successful!

Assisted in the rewriting and expansion of California Code 4606 “Children’s right to an attorney"

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