California Divorce Law

<h2> center> In re Marriage of Katia X and James M. Jenkins </h2> </center>

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In re Marriage of R.K. and G.K.

San Luis Obispo, California family law lawyers represent the parties in divorce case. The parties were married in May 2016. They have one child â€“ Daughter â€“ who was born in January 2016. They separated in February 2019. Mother acknowledges that she "experienced mental health issues after giving birth.â€ In December 2020, the parties signed a marital settlement agreem... More...

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In re Marriage of NICOLE and KEVIN HUNT

Los Angeles, California family law lawyer represented the wife in a divorce action. Kevin and Nicole were married in July 2018 and have two minor children (born March 2019 and April 2022). In August 2022, Nicole filed for divorce. ... More...

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In re Marriage of Adeyeye and Faramaye

San Bernardino, California family law lawyers represented the husband and wife in a divorce action. In this marital dissolution proceeding, Sunday Adeyeye(Adeyeye)appeals from an orderrequiring him to pay support to Adebukola Faramaye(Faramaye), his immigrant spouse, pursuant to an I-864affidavit of support (I-864 affidavit).Adeyeye signed the I-864 affidavit, undertaking financial respon... More...

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Jack Lee v. Cheng-Chie Lee

Santa Ana, California family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce. Cheng-Chie Lee, who goes by the nickname "Jeff," contests findings made after a bench trial on competing petitions filed by himself and his older brother regarding assets in their parents' trust. Jeff's[1] petition sought to invalidate a trust document which disinherited him. His brother, Jack, responded with a... More...

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Jorge Chen v. Sarah Chen

Santa Cruz, California family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce. Jorge Chen (Father) appeals the trial court's order granting Sarah Chen's (Mother) request to move with their child to Minnesota. He contends the trial court erred by failing to exclude the custody evaluator's testimony and report because the evaluation was not executed in compliance with required legal standa... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Tjoman Buditaslim, Jose De Jesus Martinez, and Jose Alfonso </h1>

<h2><center> San Francisco, CA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged in a mortgage fraud conspiracy </center><center> Three Bay Area Real Estate Professionals Sentenced To Federal Prison For Their Roles In $55 Million Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy</h2></center> </h2></center> Tjom... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Eddy Reyes </h1>

<h2><center> Los Angeles, CA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Kidnapping His Wife, Who Was Murdered After Her Abduction </center><center> Former Federal Employee Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Kidnapping His Wife, Who Was Murdered After Her Abduction</h2></center> </h2></... More...

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In re the Marriage of Marcello Capparelli and Catherine Cho Capparelli

<h2> Boulder, Colorado divorce lawyers represented husband and wife in a property division and maintenance dispute. </h2> Husband and wife were married for sixteen years. During the last ten years of their marriage, husband wasn't employed. However, after inheriting nearly $1.5 million upon his mother's death, husband invested those proceeds and earned income from those investment... More...

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A.F. v. Jeffrey F.

<h2> San Diego, California family law lawyers represented wife seeking a domestic violence restraining order. </h2> Father and A.F.'s mother, Andrea F. (Mother) married in 2008. They separated when A.F. was three years old. Less than a year later, Father pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor domestic violence against Mother and subsequently completed 52 weeks of counseling. T... More...

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In re the Marriage of Elisa Ruelas and Alfredo Asensio, Elissa Ruelas

<h2> San Diego, California family law dissolution (divorce) lawyer represented the Plaintiff. </h2> In 2015, Asensio and Ruelas, who were married in 2002, entered into a marital settlement agreement to divide their marital assets and debts. The agreement was eventually incorporated into their dissolution judgment. In 3 it, the parties waived spousal sup... More...

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Brotton Chang v. Lee Cher Sim

<h2> Martinez, California family law divorce lawyers represented husband and wife in a divorce. </h2> In this marital dissolution proceeding, self-represented appellant Lee Cher Sim challenges two prejudgment orders entered by the trial court-a ruling awarding interim attorney fees to Sim (but in an amount less than she requested) and a later order directing her to vacate a reside... More...

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The People v. Raymond Giral

<h2> Ventura, California committing lewd acts upon a child criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. </h2> Raymond Giral and Serena married in 1990. In March 1999 they had twins, a boy and a girl, J.G. Appellant's alcohol issues led to a divorce in 2007. Appellant moved into a condominium, and the children lived primarily with their mother. Appellant took the childre... More...

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Charleslie Wayne Edwards v. Benito Santoyo

<h2> Carson City, Nevada family law lawyers represented Plaintiff and Defendant in a divorce action. </h2> Edwards and respondent Benito Santoyo were married in Colorado and share one minor child in common. The parties and the child resided in Colorado for the majority of their marriage. However, Edwards filed a complaint for divorce and a Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and En... More...

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The People v. Weldon K. McDavid, Jr.

<h2> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit murder. </h2> Defendant Weldon K. McDavid, Jr., was Diana Lovejoy's shooting instructor when she was going through a contentious divorce from her husband Greg Mulvihill. McDavid and Lovejoy began a romantic relationship and eventually hatched a plan to kil... More...

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In re the Marriage of V.S. and V.K.

San Jose, California family law divorce lawyers represented the parties. An out-of-state marriage is "valid" in California if it "would be valid by laws of the jurisdiction in which the marriage was contracted." (Fam. Code, Â§ 308.) In this appeal from the trial court's bifurcated determination of the parties' date of marriage, we consider whether the trial court erred by conc... More...

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In re the Marriage of Daniel H. Gilbert-Valencia and Kate M. Mceachen

Sacramento, California family law divorce lawyers represented the parties. We conclude in this case that the remedies for breach of fiduciary duty by one spouse provided in Family Code section 1101 [1] also apply to putative spouses, and that the "documented evidence" in section 4320 is a writing within the meaning of Evidence Code section 250. This consolidated app... More...

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In re the Marriage of Jimmy and Ellen Zhou

San Francisco, California family law divorce lawyers represented the parties. In January 2020 Jimmy Zhou petitioned the San Francisco Superior Court to dissolve his marriage to Ellen Zhou, for irreconcilable differences. The pleadings requested orders on marital status, the community property estate, spousal support, and attorney fees and costs. Unable to settle, the parties went to ... More...

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In re the Marriage of Raul D. Martinez, Jr. and Sabrina Martinez

Los Angeles, California family law divorce lawyers represented the parties. Raul D. Martinez, Jr., appeals from the trial court's order awarding temporary child and spousal support to his wife Sabrina Martinez.[1] He contends the court abused its discretion in calculating the award without first granting Raul a continuance to present more current information about his income. Raul al... More...

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In re Marriage of Jay and Heather Reagan

Los Angeles, California family law divorce lawyers represented the parties. Jay Reagan was ordered to pay Heather Reagan $1,063 in monthly spousal support following their divorce in 2014.[1] Seven years later, Jay filed a motion to eliminate or reduce spousal support. However, following a hearing on his motion, the family court increased spousal support by a few hundred dollars a mon... More...

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In re Marriage of Christine Nakamoto and Daniel Hsu

Santa Ana, California family law divorce lawyers represented the parties. This divorce action between Christine Nakamoto and Daniel Hsu (collectively, the former spouses) has been ongoing for 11 years.[1] That is two years longer than their marriage. While no judgment has been entered, this is the third appeal in this action and the second appeal concerning attorney fees. Like a horr... More...

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Krystyna Marczak v. Arash Eslamdoust, et al.

Santa Ana, California family law divorce lawyers represented the parties. Respondent Krystyna Marczak and nonparty Carl Rickard Dahlberg were going through a divorce when their home in Costa Mesa (the property) burned down. They entered into an arrangement with defendant Anoushiravan Eslamdoust aka Tony Esla (Esla). Under the deal, Esla provided $50,000 to buy out Dahlberg's interest... More...

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In re the Marriage of J.C. and M.C.J.C.

Santa Ana, California family law divorce lawyers represented the parties in a child custody dispute. This appeal involves a custody dispute between appellant M.C. (Mother) and respondent J.C. (Father) over their child, R.C., who has significant special needs. By the time of the original judgment, Father had moved to Northern California. The judgment granted Mother sole legal and phys... More...

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Amy Motlagh v. Suan Missaghieh-Motlagh

San Diego, California family law divorce lawyers represented the parties. Appellant Amy Motlagh, as personal representative for the estate of Frank Motlagh (Husband), appeals an order granting the requests of respondent Susan Missaghieh-Motlagh (Wife) for awards of temporary spousal support and pendente lite attorney fees and costs in their marital dissolution proceeding.[1] On appea... More...

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Charles Meredith v. Morgan Stanley & Co, LLC

San Diego, California civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff on breach of contract theories. The following facts are drawn from Plaintiff's motion and the Summary of Claim ("SOCâ€) section of a document submitted by Plaintiff to the FINRA arbitration panel. In April 2007, Plaintiff opened seven financial accounts with Defendant, into which he deposited over ten million dollar... More...

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In re Marriage of Wenjin Liang and Lu Shi

Santa Ana, California family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce case. Mother and Father were married in 2011, and their child was born the following year. In 2017, the parents separated and began the underlying dissolution proceedings. Two years later, the parties entered into a February 2019 marital settlement agreement the trial court incorporated into its judgment of... More...

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In re the Marriage of PEDRO AVILES and JESSICA VULOVIC.

Riverside, California family law lawyers represented the parties seeking a divorce. In October 2006, Jessica filed a petition for a divorce from her then-husband, Alexander Vulovic. She believed that she would be divorced automatically six months after filing the petition. In October 2007, Pedro and Jessica began dating. They were married in Las Vegas in March 2011.<b... More...

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United States of America v. Dan Heine United States of America v. Diana Yates

<center><h2><center> San Francisco, CA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and 12 counts of making a false bank entry charges.</h2></center> The panel vacated convictions and remanded for further proceedings in a case in which a jury found Dan Heine and Diana Yates, who were executives at the Bank... More...

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United States of America v. Vivian Tat AKA Vivian Lnu

<center><h2><center> San Francisco, CA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of making a false entry in bank records charge. </h2></center> This appeal stems from a sting operation to uncover money laundering near Los Angeles. In 2014, the government indicted Ruimin Zhao; Raymond Tan, who is Zhao's husband; and Defen... More...

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United States of America v. VIVIAN TAT

<center><h2><center> SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of making a false entry in bank records and second count of the same offense charges. </h2></center> This appeal stems from a sting operation to uncover money laundering near Los Angeles. In 2014, the government indicted Ruimin Zhao; Raymond Tan,... More...

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United States of America v. MELVYN GEAR

<center><h2><center> San Francisco - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possessing a firearm while "being an alien who had been admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa.â€ charge. </h2></center> This case comes to us from down under. Melvyn Gear is a native of Australia who moved to Hawaii in January 201... More...

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Angelina Jolie v. William Bradley Pitt

Los Angeles, California family law lawyers represent Petitioner and Respondent in dissolution of marriage (divorce) case. Angelina Jolie filed a statement of disqualification challenging Judge John W. Ouderkirk (Ret.), the privately compensated temporary judge selected by Jolie and William Bradley Pitt to hear their family law case, based on JudgeÂ Ouderkirk's failure to disclose, as re... More...

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Nicole G. v. Warren Braithwaite

Warren Braithwaite and his long-term girlfriend Nicole G. resided at a property they co-owned. After contentious arguments and stalking incidents, Nicole retained counsel to file a request for a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) and moved out of their shared property amidst their break-up. Warren and Nicole each requested DVROs against the other in connection with ... More...

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Rose Safarian v. Harry Govgassian

<center><h1> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a>VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services Call 918-582-6422 Today </h1></center> A married couple filed a fraud action against multiple defendants. While the fraud action... More...

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Cardinal care management, LLC v. Edgardo Afable

Appellants operate several residential care facilities for the elderly. Respondents are seven former employees who worked at the facilities, and who brought administrative proceedings against appellants before the Labor Commissioner (the Commissioner) seeking unpaid wages and penalties. When the Commissioner awarded the employees more than $2.5 million, appellants sought de nov... More...

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In re Andrew Dave Shelton on Habeas Corpus

<center><h1> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a>VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services Call 918-582-6422 Today </h1></center> In 1993, Shelton was sentenced to a prison term of 19 years to life after pleading no con... More...

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Michael Reynaud v. Technicolor Creative Services USA, Inc.

<center><h1> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a>VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services Call 918-582-6422 Today </h1></center> Plaintiffs and respondents Michael Reynaud and Fiona Reynaud1 prevailed at trial on their... More...

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Vera Serova v. Sony Music Entertainment

Defendants and appellants Sony Music Entertainment (Sony), John Branca, as co-executor of the estate of Michael J. Jackson (the Estate), and MJJ Productions, Inc. (collectively Appellants) appealed from an order of the superior court partially denying their motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP statute. (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.) 1 We previously issued an opinion in ... More...

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Janes Wong, as Personal Representative, etc. v. Aaron Wong, as Personal Representative, etc.

Sylvia Tang (Tang) and Alan Chung Cheung Wong (Wong) married in 1999 and divorced in 2011. During their marriage, Wong held a 48.5 percent interest and Tang held an 11 percent interest in Asian Square Inc. (Asian Square), which owns and operates Grand Century Mall in San Jose. On December 31, 2011, Tang and Wong entered a marital settlement agreement (settlement agreement) that res... More...

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United States of America v. Stephen J. Dougan

<center> <img width="300" src="https://ecf.caed.uscourts.gov/graphics/seal.gif"> </center> Sacramento, CA - Local Plaintiff’s Attorney Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Corruptly Obstructing an IRS Audit Stephen J. Dougan, 57, formerly of Granite Bay, now residing in Utah, to three years in prison and one year of supervised release for corruptly endeavoring to impede the du... More...

$0 (09-08-2019 - CA)