A CA Appellate Court has ruled that children should not have been included in restraining orders.
Feb 14, 2011
A California Court of Appeal has ruled that a Trial Court made a mistake by including children in the D.V.P.A. restraining order that was granted to Mother and by making custody and visitation orders b...
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California Appellate Court Has Ruled That Mother Has Standing to File to Terminate Father's Rights.
Feb 13, 2011
California Court of Appeals has ruled that a Mother has standing to petition the Trial Court, under California Family Code Section 7841(a), to free child from parental custody and control of Father who...
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Tax Court agrees with IRS and rules that Father could not claim as a dependant one of his children.
Feb 12, 2011
A U.S. Tax Court has ruled that Father may not claim dependency exemption and child tax credit for his son because Mother refused to sign a release of exemption, stipulation and divorce judgment failed...
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Wife must Pay Attorneys’ Fees for Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Feb 12, 2011
A California Appellate Court has ruled that Trial Court erred by refusing to award attorney's fees to Husband under California Family Code Section 1101(g) for Wife's violation of her fiduciary duty (by...
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A Retired Judge Acting as an Arbitrator Did Not Have Disclose His Prior Discipline Record.
Feb 04, 2011
In the case of Haworth v. Superior Court (Ossakow), California Supreme Court has ruled that a former judge, serving as a neutral arbitrator in a case involving an allegedly-botched plastic surgery, was...
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A California Court of Appeals has ruled that a bigamist Husband is not entitled to legal protection.
Dec 29, 2010
A California Appellate Court has ruled that a litigant who seeks putative spouse status must show an objective good faith belief in validity of his or her marriage and has affirmed the Trial Court deci...
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A 10 year-old default judgment is set aside because the process server lied about serving Father.
Dec 12, 2010
A California Appellate Court has ruled that Fathers motion to set aside a 1998 default child support judgment should have been granted by Trial Court because Trial Court never acquired personal jurisdi...
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A California Appellate Court has ruled that a Father must pay child support to stepfather.
Dec 11, 2010
A California Appellate Court has affirmed a Trial Court which had denied Fathers motion to reduce to zero the child support that he paid to his childs stepfather. According to the Appellate Court, Fath...
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An Order Restraining Mom from Not Interfering with Dad’s Custody Is Not Vague or Ambiguous.
Oct 08, 2010
A California Appellate Court has ruled that a Trial Court order restraining Mother from interfering with Father's custodial time is not vague or ambiguous and does not interfere with Mother's right of ...
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The Elkins Task Force Report is accepted by the California Judicial Council.
Sep 11, 2010
California Judicial Council has accepted the Elkins task force report containing 117 recommendations for ensuring that family law litigants are dealt with fairly, efficiently, and with due process. Thi...
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