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Marriage of E.U. and J.E.
Service member regains pre-deployment custody of child pursuant to prior custody order providing ‘reinstatement directive’ in event of either parents’ deployment.
Family Law Jan. 22, 2013
Parker v. Harbert
Father must pay sanctions for causing unnecessary expenditures in pursuing contempt allegations against mother in decades-long child custody battle.
Family Law Jan. 16, 2013
Marriage of Hibbard
Husband who became disabled following separation from wife due to post-traumatic stress disorder may not modify spousal support obligation due to prior agreement.
Family Law Jan. 15, 2013
Marriage of Facter
Premarital agreement containing waiver of community property rights is valid because illegal spousal and child support waivers can be severed from entire agreement.
Family Law Jan. 14, 2013
Dwight R. v. Christy B.
Family therapist may strike father's lawsuit accusing therapist of conspiring with others to falsely accuse him of sexually abusing his daughter.
Family Law Jan. 7, 2013
Marriage of Melissa
Prenuptial agreement containing spousal support waiver is invalid as against public policy pursuant to law as it then existed in 1985.
Family Law Jan. 2, 2013
J.R. v. D.P.
Biological father of child and mother's husband may both be presumed fathers when both loved the child and would be good fathers.
Family Law Dec. 23, 2012
Marriage of Barth
Father may not challenge California child support order that required him to pay a significantly higher amount than prior Ohio court order.
Family Law Oct. 24, 2012
Marriage of Adams and A.
Mother is not entitled to sole custody of autistic child when court relied on biased report by court-appointed evaluator.
Family Law Oct. 17, 2012
Kern County Dept. of Child Support Services v. Camacho
Father may not challenge commissioner’s authority to determine his child support obligation when he knew he could object before, but did not.
Family Law Oct. 4, 2012
Marriage of Freitas
Family court may alter original child support award because it specifically reserved jurisdiction to do so for specific months.
Family Law Oct. 4, 2012
County of San Diego v. Mason
Possible father, who asked for paternity test, must submit DNA results to government lab because government can use facility of its choice.
Family Law Sep. 17, 2012
Burnham v. California Public Employees' Retirement System (Honeyman)
Woman is not entitled to CalPERS member's pension survivor benefits because she presented her declaration of domestic parternship after his death.
Family Law Sep. 4, 2012
Marriage of Left
'Commitment ceremony' that resembles valid remarriage, but does not involve issuance of marriage license, is not valid ground for termination of spousal support order.
Family Law Aug. 24, 2012
Smith v. Smith
Family court order redacting references to father’s juvenile record and refusing to destroy reports is proper where reports were completed before sealing of record.
Family Law Aug. 23, 2012
Guardianship of Vaughan
In guardianship proceeding, ‘stable placement’ provision within Family Code Section 3041 is not dependent on child first being abandoned with nonparent.
Family Law Aug. 17, 2012
Marriage of Hofer
Disentitlement doctrine allows dismissal of husband’s appeal where he refused to obey lower court’s legal orders regarding disclosure of financial circumstances.
Family Law Aug. 14, 2012
L.M. v. M.G.
In context of same-sex partnership, single parent adoption decree does not rebut presumption of parentage in favor of second mother.
Family Law Aug. 3, 2012
Guardianship of Vaughan
In guardianship proceeding, ‘stable placement’ provision within Family Code Section 3041 is not dependent on child first being abandoned with nonparent.
Family Law Jul. 19, 2012
Marriage of Wilson and Bodine
Paternity judgment is nullified by subsequent marriage of parents of child born out-of-wedlock.
Family Law Jul. 9, 2012
Marriage of Khera and Sameer
Denial of postjudgment motion to modify spousal support order is proper because supported spouse’s ability to be self-supporting is not unrealized expectation.
Family Law Jun. 19, 2012
Marriage of Green
Husband's service credit for military service is not separate property when he served in military before marriage, but purchased credits during marriage.
Family Law Jun. 7, 2012
Marriage of Green
Husband's service credit for military service is not separate property when he served in military before marriage, but purchased credits during marriage.
Family Law May 16, 2012
Litke O’Farrell LLC v. Tipton
Nondebtor spouse's interests cannot be charged where husband and wife entered into marital settlement agreement prior to creditor's motion to charge interests.
Family Law Apr. 10, 2012
Marriage of Rice and Eaton
Numerous failures to pay child support are not so interrelated as to require that they be charged simultaneously because each constitutes separate act of contempt.
Family Law Apr. 4, 2012
Marriage of Thorne and Raccina
Modification of dissolution judgment to divide military pension under 'time rule' is improper where judgment considered pension and extrinsic mistake did not occur.
Family Law Feb. 13, 2012
Marriage of Walker
Former teacher's disability allowance constitutes separate property because it replaced lost earnings during period of his preretirement disability.
Family Law Feb. 3, 2012
Marriage of Wahl and Perkins
Sanctions award is upheld where appellant repeatedly failed to comply with custody and visitation order and frustrated settlement of litigation.
Family Law Feb. 3, 2012
E.C. v. J.V.
In determining presumed parent status under Uniform Parentage Act, court wrongly relies on facts regarding nature and quality of relationship between same-sex partners.
Family Law Jan. 20, 2012
Marriage of Hill and Dittmer
Premarital agreement is valid even if assets were not fully disclosed where circumstances show that both parties entered into agreement voluntarily.
Family Law Jan. 19, 2012