Defendant and appellant N.D. (mother) was a minor when the Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) filed a petition under section 300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code1 on behalf of her 17-month-old son J.F. The juvenile court found jurisdiction because of mother’s mental condition, declared J.F. to be a dependent, and ordered him to remain in the home of mother. The

A patron orders a hamburger from the menu at a diner and asks the server if he can substitute edamame for french fries. "No substitutions," says the server. We, like the server who cannot add or substitute entries on the menu, cannot add or substitute words in a statute.
Code of Civil Procedure 1038 requires a mandatory award of defense costs where the trial court grants summary judgment and f

Defendant was convicted of violating Penal Code section 288.3, subdivision (a),1 which prohibits contacting a minor for the purpose of committing various crimes, including, as alleged here, sexual penetration with a person under the age of 18 years (§ 289, subd. (h)). The court ordered defendant placed on formal probation for five years subject to various conditions, including that defendant se

Petitioner Josafat Rodriguez, Jr., a former Santa Cruz police officer, applied to the City of Santa Cruz (the City) for industrial disability retirement, alleging psychiatric disability due to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The City denied Rodriguez’s application. Rodriguez challenged that denial by means of a petition for a writ of administrative mandate, which the superior court de

Ilan Brand appeals from the trial court’s entry of judgment in favor of defendants Hyundai Motor America and Allen Used Cars, LLC (dba Allen Hyundai; collectively hereafter Hyundai) after granting Hyundai’s nonsuit motion on Brand’s breach of implied warranty of merchantability lawsuit. (Civ. Code, § 1792; all subsequent statutory references are to this code unless noted.)

Rodney Scott Merrihew v. Pacific Sunrise Hotels, d/b/a Holiday Inn and Suites North Oklahoma City

Issue # 1.
Issue: PREMISES LIABILITY (PREMISE)
Filed by: Merrihew, Rodney Scott
Filed Date: 07/19/2011
Party Name: Disposition Information:

Defendant: Pacific Sunrise Hotels, Inc.
Disposed: JUDGEMENT ENTERED, 06/27/2014. Judge.

COMES NOW the Plaint

Appellant, Ryan Chase Mohler, appeals an order in which the trial court modified the parent-child relationship in relation to his son, M.C.M. He contends that the trial court abused its discretion when it imposed a geographical restriction on his right to determine the child’s primary residence and that it erred when it entered an order that contained a different restriction from the courtÃ

Appellant Kriss Camp, an indigent inmate appearing pro se, appeals the judgment of the trial court declaring his marriage to appellee Belinda Camp, n/k/a Belinda Ingram, void. We will affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Background
This is the second appeal of litigation concerning the relationship of Camp and Ingram. In 2011, in Camp’s absence, the trial court rendered a divorce

Pamela Lou Burden, the ex-wife of Steven Bradley Burden, appeals her eviction from his Delta County house, by claiming common-law marriage, denial of a fair trial, and a continued right to possession during this appeal due to indigence. We affirm the eviction, because (1) Pamela is not entitled to stay in possession during this appeal, (2) the lack of a common-law marriage has been established, an

Appellant Kalsoom Ahmad appeals from the trial court’s final divorce decree. In a single issue, Kalsoom complains that the trial court abused its discretion in its division of the parties’ marital estate. We affirm.
1See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
2
Background
Kalsoom and Appellee Ishfaq Ahmad were married in Pakistan in 1987. The parties were married for twenty-six years

This appeal arises from the dismissal of a petition for adoption filed by Jane Doe, the long-time domestic partner of Jane Doe I. Jane Doe I is the legally recognized parent of the two children subject to the adoption: John Doe and John Doe I. The magistrate court dismissed Jane Doe’s petition for adoption when there was no opposition to the petition, without inviting legal briefing, withou

This is an appeal from a negligence action brought pursuant to the Federal Employer’s Liability Act by appellant, Craig L. Mulford. Below, a jury found that respondent, Union Pacific Railroad (UP), was not negligent and Mulford’s claims against UP were dismissed. Mulford timely appealed. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On October 30, 2009, Mulford, a machinist

This is an appeal out of Canyon County from an appellate judgment of the district court reversing the order of the magistrate court which granted a motion to renew a judgment for child support. We reverse the district court’s holding that the motion to renew the judgment was barred by the statute of limitations.
I.
Factual Background.
2
On October 3, 1985, a decree of divorc

Under Code of Civil Procedure section 685.040,1 a judgment creditor is entitled to the reasonable and necessary costs of enforcing the judgment, including statutory attorney fees ―otherwise provided by law.‖ A motion to claim enforcement costs must, however, be made ―before the judgment is satisfied in full.‖ (§ 685.080, subd. (a).)
In the present case, plaintiff

¶1 Thaine S. Hansen (Husband) appeals the trial court’s ruling
on his petition to modify his divorce decree, which ordered him to
pay Dayle Chelane Hansen (Wife) alimony in the amount of $872
per month. We remand for clarification of the trial court’s order
with respect to the retroactivity of the alimony award, but in all
other respects, we affirm the trial co

After Joseph T. Marek 11 died intestate, his sister, Patricia Diane Barreld, filed an
application to declare heirship identifying herself and another brother as the decedent’s only
heirs. Debora Anderson intervened, claiming that she and Marek had an informal marriage.
After a trial before the court, the trial court determined that Anderson was Marek’s surviving
spous

This appeal concerns the division of property between divorcing spouses. In three issues, Robert Wade complains that the trial court erred by (1) awarding to Carolyn Wade a disproportionate share of the marital estate, (2) failing to award to
2
him his separate property, and (3) reopening evidence in violation of Rule 21 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
We affirm.
Background<

¶1 R.P., an alleged biological father, appeals from the district
court’s dismissal of his petition to establish paternity under the
R.P. v. K.S.W. and D.R.W.
2. Unless otherwise specifically noted, all citations to the Utah Code
are to the 2012 edition of the Utah Code Annotated.
20120559-CA 2 2014 UT App 38
Utah Uniform Parentage Act (the UUPA). See Utah Code Ann

¶1 Defendant Brian Fouse appeals his convictions on one count
of stalking, a third degree felony, see Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-106.5
(LexisNexis 2012); three counts of felony violation of a protective
order, see id. §§ 76-5-108, 77-36-1.1; and three counts of class A
State v. Fouse
2. Because the provisions in effect at the relevant times do not differ
materially f

¶1 Colter Thomas Allen (Husband) and Lacee C. Allen (Wife) were married on June 13, 2009, and are the parents of a young daughter (Daughter). Husband filed for divorce in 2010, and after a bench trial, the trial court awarded Husband physical custody of Daughter, refused Wife’s request for alimony and attorney fees, and awarded both the marital home and the marital debt to Husband. Wife

¶1 Clark Bruce Kidd (Husband) appeals from several orders of the trial court related to the dissolution of his marriage to Elaine J. Kidd (Wife). We affirm.
Kidd v. Kidd
20120460-CA 2 2014 UT App 26
BACKGROUND1
¶2 Husband and Wife married on March 13, 1980, and divorced on March 9, 2012, after thirty-two years of marriage. Although the parties were able to agree on most of th

¶1 Jack David Moyer was convicted of ten counts of sexual
exploitation of a minor, a second degree felony, based on his
possession of child pornography. See Utah Code Ann. § 76-5a-3
(LexisNexis 2008) (current version at Utah Code Ann. § 76-5b-201
(LexisNexis 2012)). Moyer appeals his convictions, alleging
prosecutorial misconduct and juror bias. We affirm.
State v.

¶1 Troy Dean Labrum appeals from a conviction for assault,
enhanced to a class A misdemeanor for causing substantial bodily
injury. See Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-102(1), (3)(a) (LexisNexis 2012).
Labrum challenges the admission of evidence at trial relating to
prior alleged assaults. He also argues that the evidence of substantial
bodily injury was insufficient to support his

¶1 Hope M. Carlton-Levin (Wife) appeals a trial court order
reducing, and eventually terminating, her alimony based on a
finding of cohabitation. We affirm.
Levin v. Carlton-Levin
2. Wife challenged the amount of alimony and other aspects of the
divorce decree in a prior appeal. See Levin v. Carlton, 2009 UT App
170, 213 P.3d 884. We affirmed and awarded Husband attorney

¶1 Summit County (the County) appeals the entry of judgment in favor of Jim Nebeker on Nebeker’s negligence claim. Nebeker cross-appeals, contending that the court improperly imposed a statutory cap to reduce the judgment from $594,400.21 to $221,400. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
¶2 John Rhineer was Nebeker’s accountant prior to Rhineer’s death on November 14, 2003. Lat