Obie Anthony filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his 1995 murder conviction. Following a 10-day evidentiary hearing, the trial court granted the petition and Anthony’s criminal charges were dismissed. Anthony subsequently filed a claim pursuant to Penal Code section 4900 seeking compensation for his allegedly erroneous conviction and incarceration. At the time he filed hi

Olive N. Anderson, a Filipino national, moved to Nebraska and married Wade B. Anderson after meeting him through an online dating service. Their marriage soured, and the court entered a dissolution decree giving Wade custody of their only child. Wade argues that the court ordered Olive to pay child support that is too low and ordered him to pay alimony that is too high. Wade further contends that

In a marital dissolution proceeding, the parties’ property settlement agreement required the husband to “assist” the wife in obtaining a bank loan to purchase a residence. The dissolution decree adopted the agreement. Later, the bank declined to make the loan without the husband’s cosignature. On the husband’s motion, the district court vacated the assistance claus

In 2007, Chad P. Johnson and Stewart S. Minnick entered into a written agreement whereby, after Minnick’s death, Johnson would purchase farmland he had been renting from Minnick and Minnick’s sister for a specified price. The purchase price was to be funded by an insurance policy owned by Johnson on Minnick’s life. Following Minnick’s death in 2012, the proceeds of the

Oklahoma City, OK - Susan Ann Arnall Hamm sued Harold Glenn Hamm seeking a dissolution (divorce) of their marriage.

The allegations made by Petitioner in her Petition are not available nor are the allegations made by Respondent in his answer.

Court docket entries:


Date Code Description Count Party Amount
05-18-2012 TEXT

Family and Domestic Init

Tulsa, OK - Estate of Camellia A. Keagy, deceased, through its personal representative, P. Gaye Widdows v. Connie L. Heflin and Dennis Heflin on conversion theories:

1. P. Gae Widdows is the duly appointed Personal Representative of the Estate of Camellia A. Keagy filed in the Tulsa County District Court in case number PB-2012-584 (“the Probate”).
2. Camellia A. Keagy (â�

This appeal arises from the trial court’s judgment, following a bench trial, rescinding a 2009 amended warrant agreement involving Valerus Compression Services, L.P., Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, Orpheus Holdings, LLC, Stellar Funding Ltd., and Orpheus Funding LLC (collectively, Guggenheim). Valerus filed the underlying suit seeking rescission of the amended warrant due to its factual

[¶1] Pursuant to a California court order, Herman Ter Haar (Father) has sole legal and
physical custody of the parties’ child (the child), subject to limited visitation by Heidi
Gjertsen (Mother). Mother appeals from the district court’s order denying her petition for
modification of the California order pertaining to custody, care and visitation with the
child. We

This expedited, permissive appeal presents a child custody dispute. Appellant Matthew Lamont and Respondent Krissy Lamont were married and have two minor children. After the divorce, Krissy was granted primary physical custody of the children, and until recently Krissy and Matthew resided in Salmon, Idaho. In June of 2014, however, Matthew learned that Krissy planned to relocate with the children

This is an appeal out of Nez Perce County from a judgment terminating John Doe’s parental rights in his two minor children. Because the judgment was based solely upon the jury verdict finding John Doe guilty of murdering the children’s mother and his judgment of conviction, both of which were vacated on his appeal in the criminal case, we vacate the judgment terminating his parental

Amine Britel died intestate in 2011. Appellant Jackie Stennett, the mother of A.S., a child born out of wedlock, petitioned to administer Amine’s estate and for A.S. to be declared Amine’s heir under Probate Code section 6453, subdivision (b)(2)
(section 6453(b)(2)).1 Under section 6453(b)(2), a nonmarital child may establish that he or she is the natural child of an intestate de

Plaintiff Thomas W. Sefton, Jr. (Thomas Jr.) appeals a judgment awarding him $565,350, plus interest, from the estate of his grandfather, Joseph W. Sefton, Jr. (Grandfather). The probate court, interpreting our prior opinion in this matter (Sefton v. Sefton (2012) 206 Cal.App.4th 875 (Sefton I)), determined this sum to be the " 'substantial' share" of Grandfather's estate to which Thomas Jr. was e

Danielle Brandon-Thomas and Krista Brandon-Thomas1 are a same-sex
couple who were legally married in Massachusetts in October 2012. They subsequently
moved to Florida. Once here, the marriage soured, and Danielle filed a petition for
dissolution of marriage in October 2013.2 Krista opposed the petition, arguing that
because Florida did not recognize same-sex marriage, the court had

Keith Russell Judd, Appellant, filed a petition for divorce in Ector County
Court at Law No. 2 in which he claimed that he was married to Karen Y. Corey-
Steele. The trial court declared that no marriage then existed, or had ever existed,
between Appellant and Corey-Steele. The trial court denied Appellant’s requested
relief, entered a final order, and dismissed the case wit

Civil Rule 2A precludes enforcement of a settlement agreement
where there is a genuine dispute of material fact regarding the existence of the
agreement. Under principles of contract law, which govern settlement agreements,
mutual assent is an essential element for the formation, or existence, of a valid
agreement. Here, the plaintiffs demonstrated a question of material fact as to

DENVER – Ronald Benjamin, age 49, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel to serve 14 months in federal prison for wire fraud and aiding and abetting, federal law enforcement authorities announced. Following his prison sentence, Benjamin was ordered to spend 3 years on supervised release. Judge Daniel also ordered him to pay over $870,000 in

Venus Minsal appeals her divorce decree, arguing the trial court erred in dividing the community estate and by requiring her to sell her home, failing to recognize her reimbursement claims, and not making findings of fact and conclusions of law. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Minsal and Garcia were common law spouses who moved to Texas from Florida in 2005. Minsal started her own salon where she wo

M.N., the Father, appeals the order dismissing his second motion to
set aside a final judgment of adoption. We affirm.
The Father’s biological child was born to a marriage between the
mother and the legal father. After the parental rights of the mother and
the legal father were terminated, a relative adopted the child. The Father
moved to set aside the adoption, claiming

In this wrongful death action arising out of an automobile accident, the jury found the decedent at fault for his own death due to his failure to wear a seatbelt. It awarded fewer damages than the plaintiff sought. On appeal, the decedent’s estate argues that the court abused its discretion in admitting hearsay that the decedent’s wife spent the parties’ money on drugs; abused

Andrew L. (Andrew) is the biological father of Emilio G. who was born in July 2013. Katherine O. (Katherine) is Emilio’s biological mother. Andrew and Katherine never married. Katherine became pregnant with Emilio a few months after she and Andrew began dating in August 2012. Their relationship was not smooth. By April 2013, Andrew and Katherine had broken up, with Andrew confirming the bre

¶1 Plaintiff, Suzanne Etter, now Littleton (Mother), appeals the trial court’s orders overruling her motion to dismiss and modifying the amount of child support she receives from Defendant, Brian Etter (Father). Based on our review of the record, the parties’ briefs, and the applicable law, we reverse and remand with instructions.

¶2 The facts are undisputed. The parti

Tami Winternitz (Mother) appeals the denial of her move away request involving her daughter Jamison (born 2001) with ex-husband Dr. William Winternitz (Father). She asserts the custody evaluator failed to comply with
2
California Rules of Court, rule 5.220 and it was legal error for the family court to deny her motion to strike the evaluator's defective report. (All rule references are to

Here we hold, among other things, that homeowners associations may adopt reasonable rules and impose fees on its members relating to short term rentals of condominium units.
Two owners of one lot in a common interest development and one of two owners of another lot brought an action challenging regulations and fees adopted by the homeowners association. The association cross-complained against

"There are no free houses." These are the words of the bankruptcy judge who allowed the instant home foreclosure to go forward. It rejected appellant's theory of "wrongful foreclosure." Thereafter, the same theory was rejected in an unlawful detainer proceeding. Undeterred, appellant F. Wood Boyce sued his lender for "wrongful foreclosure" because the $1.155 million deed of trust was placed in a m

Respondent and plaintiff Ken R. Baker sued Theresa Castaldi1 and appellant
Alfonse Castaldi for allegedly stealing antiques he owned. Plaintiff 2 sought punitive
1 Theresa Castaldi was a defendant in the trial court proceedings, but is not an
appellant in this appeal.
2 We refer to Ken R. Baker as “plaintiff” to distinguish him from appellant
Annette Baker, trustee