Defendant and appellant Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (Indiana), the surety on a bail bond, appeals an order denying its motion to set aside the summary judgment on a forfeited $625,000 bail bond.1

The essential issue presented is whether the summary judgment on the bail forfeiture is void because it was entered while an appeal was pending from an order denying Indiana’

Trade secret protection “ ‘promotes the sharing of knowledge, and the efficient operation of industry,’ ” by “ ‘permit[ting] the individual inventor to reap the rewards of his labor by contracting with a company large enough to develop and exploit it.’ [Citation.]” (DVD Copy Control Assn., Inc. v. Bunner (2003) 31 Cal.4th 864, 878 (DVD Copy Control

This appeal arises from judgments in a marriage dissolution action regarding the division of retirement and employment benefits, the division of other assets, the award of temporary and permanent spousal support, and the denial of requests for attorney fees and costs. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

FACTS

Appellant Leslie Moore and respondent Terry Moore were married for over

Appellant Valerie O’Brien contests the division of property contained in the final decree of divorce dissolving her marriage to appellee Richard O’Brien. In four issues, Valerie contends the trial court erred in (1) assigning a $32,000 community debt entirely to Valerie, (2) denying Valerie credit for the community estate’s payment of storage fees related to Richard’s s

Bruce Brazell appeals the trial court’s judgment in a suit to recover a portion of his Civil Service retirement benefits awarded to his former spouse, Martina Brazell. In two issues on appeal, Bruce asserts (1) the trial court erred by reopening the evidence, and (2) the evidence is legally insufficient. We affirm. BACKGROUND Bruce and Martina Brazell divorced on December 20, 2001, after ei

Respondent-Appellant Thomas Blackledge has been civilly committed as a sexually dangerous person under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (“Adam Walsh Act”), codified at 18 U.S.C. §§ 4247-48. Prior to a hearing on his commitment, Blackledge successfully moved for the appointment of an expert forensic examiner, who opined that he was indeed a sexually dangerous

¶1 Herein is involved an appeal by Bobby Gene DeArmond, plaintiff in error, from a conviction in the district court of Rogers County, of the crime of rape, alleged to have been committed on an eleven year old girl, the sister of defendant's wife. Punishment was assessed by the jury at fifteen years imprisonment in the State Penitentiary, the minimum for statutory rape. The penalty might have be

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that
Margaret Kimani, 30, of Worcester, Massachusetts, was sentenced today to one year in prison
and three years of supervised release for conspiring to defraud the United States by seeking to
become a lawful permanent resident, or green card holder, by engaging in a marriage fraud
conspiracy. She was convicted

With the dissolution of their marriage in 2001, Lenore Drescher and Mark Gross executed a marital settlement agreement wherein they stipulated to equally pay for the future college expenses of their three minor children. The agreement was incorporated into the judgment of dissolution and child support and spousal support were ordered as set forth in the agreement.

Eleven years later their

There are no unique jurisdictional time limits for appeals from domestic violence restraining orders. As with other appeals, there is a 60-day time limit for restraining orders which are properly served, either through a notice of entry of judgment, or through service by the clerk or party of a file-stamped copy of the order. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.104(a).) Otherwise, the outside 180-day fil

After Congress passed the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996 ("PRWORA"), narrowing the eligibility of non-citizens for
Medicaid and other federal benefits, the state of Maine responded
in 1997 by extending state-funded medical assistance benefits to
certain legal aliens rendered ineligible for Medicaid. In 2011,
the Maine Legislature ter

You cross continents and spend years trying to collect a judgment for your client. Late one Friday afternoon, the debtor’s lawyer walks into your office and hands you a cashier’s check for almost $13 million, covering the entire judgment and all accumulated interest. Do you accept the check or say, “no thank you, I need to make a motion for attorney fees first?” Put anoth

This intervention action arises out of a former debtor-creditor relationship concerning real property that was damaged by the San Diego County wildfires of 2007. The main action is a master complaint by damaged property owners, including a defaulting borrower, plaintiff, defendant-in-intervention and appellant Paul Thoryk (Appellant), who owned the property at the time of the fires. A year later,

At a bench trial, the trial court found defendant Robert Michael Klatt guilty on two counts of lewd conduct with a minor aged 14 or 15. (Pen. Code § 288, subd. (c)(1).)1 The court granted a three-year term of probation that included six months in county jail as a condition of probation. The court also required defendant to participate in a sex offender management program (the program) as a cond

The San Diego County Department of Child Support Services (Department), as intervenor, appeals the trial court's order granting the request by Christopher Haugh (Father) for modification of a child support order. Father sought to lower child support for the son he had with Gabriela Haugh, now known as Gabriela Castro (Mother). On appeal, Department contends the trial court acted in excess of its j

C.T. appeals the termination of her parental rights. In two issues, C.T. challenges the order of termination. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

C.T. is the mother of three children: J.T., born August 14, 2001; B.W., born July 11, 2002; and E.T., born December 29, 2003. On September 14, 2012, the Department of Family and Protective Services (the Department or CPS) filed an original petition f

Lorena Quiroz and Gary S. Vernier1 appeal the trial court’s judgment establishing that Rummie Lee Gray, II, is the biological father of R.L.G., a child born to Quiroz while she was married to Vernier. In a single issue, Appellants argue the trial court erred because it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Gray began dating Quiroz in

Jessica Woods appeals from the final decree of divorce dissolving her marriage to Lucas Woods and determining conservatorship of the parties’ children, L.K.L.W. and S.B.L.W. Lucas did not file a brief in this appeal. In one issue, Jessica argues that the trial court erred when it denied her motion for a new trial. Because we agree, we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand for a

JulioMarcos Aguilera appeals from a final judgment of divorce, chiefly complaining about the property division, conservatorship order, and child support. In an opinion dated February 26, 2014, we abated and remanded this appeal to the trial court for the entry of findings pursuant to section 154.130(b) of the Texas Family Code. See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 154.130(b) (West 2014). The trial court h

This is a diversity suit for fraud (the governing substantive law being that of Illinois) arising out of a falling‐out between two brothers, Patrick and Thomas Halperin. Each owned one‐third of the common stock of Commercial Light Company. A third brother, Daniel, owned the other third; he is not a party to the suit.

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Commercial Light was a substantial

Plaintiffs, Georgette Kalenian, Ida Reza, Elizabeth Van Item and Alex Tony Insen (Alex), 1 appeal from an order denying their motion to vacate two December 15, 2011 dismissal orders. Plaintiffs filed a Probate Code2 section 17200 petition seeking to replace defendant, George Elias Insen (George),3 as trustee of the Elias George Insen Separate Property Trust and determine the trust’s constru

The former wife, Lisa Wright, and the former husband, Hendon O. Wright, III, each appeal from a final judgment of dissolution of marriage addressing equitable distribution, alimony and child support. While the parties raise numerous issues, we find merit in two of the former wife’s challenges, and affirm the remaining issues without comment.

The parties were married for eighteen ye

Appellant Tony Woody and appellee Madelyn Woody each filed post-divorce pleadings seeking enforcement and modification of their final decree of divorce. After a series of trial proceedings on the issues presented in these motions, the trial court entered judgment ordering Tony to pay $771.73 per month in child support and to reimburse Madelyn $3,383.00 in medical expenses, and denying Tony’

Appellant, Kenneth Dale Rodgers, appeals from the Final Decree of Divorce rendered in a suit for divorce filed by Appellee, Mary Elaine Rodgers, following a bench trial. By two issues, he asserts (1) the trial court abused its discretion in the division of property, which (2) materially affected a just and right division of the marital estate. We affirm.

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Robert James Henry appeals the district court’s final decree of divorce along with various rulings in the underlying suit filed by Gay Nell Henry (Jones).1 Henry argues that the district court erred by characterizing certain real property as community property, awarding personal property to the parties in possession of same, voiding a gift warranty deed, denying disqualification and recusal