Marriage Law
 
In the Matter of the Marriage of Steven Allan Chase and Cathy Lynn Chase

2 Father seeks review of a judgment for unpaid past child support (the
3 arrearage judgment). In the judgment document, the circuit court imposed judgment for
4 the unpaid installments and accrued interest on each installment, and -- pursuant to ORS
5 82.010(2)(c) -- postjudgment interest on both the amount of the unpaid installments and
6 the accrued interest. Father appealed, and

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Huyen V. Nguyen v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.

Petitioner Huyen V. Nguyen (“Nguyen”), a citizen of Vietnam, seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing her appeal from a decision of the Immigration Judge (“IJ”), which ordered her removed and denied her petition to remove conditions placed upon her residency in the United States. See In re Huyen V. Nguyen, No. A076‐12

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Jennifer N. Jones v. Richard A. Jones

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant Richard A. Jones appeals from an order of the Miami County Common Pleas Court modifying his child support obligation to an amount in accordance

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with the child support guidelines. Mr. Jones contends that he is entitled to a downward deviation from the amount set by the guidelines.

{¶ 2} We conclude that the trial court did not abu

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Madhav Lakkapragada v. Neelima R. Lakkapragada

{¶ 1} This matter is before the Court on the Notice of Appeal of Neelima R.

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Lakkapragada, filed August 28, 2013.1 Neelima appeals from the July 31, 2013 Final Judgment and Decree of Divorce, issued after she failed to appear at the final hearing on Madhav Lakkapragada’s August 7, 2012 complaint for divorce. The parties were married on August 13, 1998, in Hyderabad, In

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Thomas W. Demeester v. Rebecca Demeester

Thomas DeMeester (Husband) appeals from the trial court’s order dissolving his marriage to Rebecca DeMeester (Wife). Husband raises the following issues on appeal:

1. Did the trial court abuse its discretion in dividing the marital estate?

2. Did the trial court abuse its discretion in valuing certain marital assets?

3. Did the trial court abuse its discretion in orderi

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William Mosher v. Haesuk Yi Mosher

William Mosher (“Father”) appeals the trial court’s dismissal of his petition for guardianship of his incapacitated adult daughter, C.Y.M., for lack of jurisdiction. Because we conclude that the trial court acted within its discretion in finding jurisdiction to be lacking based on C.Y.M.’s Florida residency, we affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

Haesuk Yi

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David Buchanan v. Carol Buchanan

David Buchanan (“Husband”) appeals the trial court’s Decree of Dissolution dissolving his marriage to Carol Buchanan (“Wife”). Husband raises three issues for our review which we consolidate and restate as two: 1) whether the trial court abused its discretion in its property division; and 2) whether the trial court abused its discretion in valuing certain property. C

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Marianne Olson v. Fusaini Mohammadu

The question that we must resolve in
this appeal is whether a trial court may properly deny
a motion for modification of alimony and child support
solely on the basis that a party’s voluntary actions gave
rise to the alleged substantial change in circumstances
warranting modification. The defendant, Fusaini
Mohammadu, appealed to the Appellate Court from the
judg

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Lisa Lesko v. Theodore Stanislaw

[¶1] Theodore Stanislaw appeals from a divorce judgment entered in the District Court (Ellsworth, Mallonee, J.) dividing the parties’ marital property. He contends that the court failed to make requisite findings concerning his financial misconduct to support its judgment; that it erred when it considered his criminal conduct for purposes of dividing the property; and that its division o

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Jessica A. (Nadeau) Potila v. Larry A. Nadeau

[¶1] Larry A. Nadeau appeals from a divorce judgment entered by the District Court (Fort Kent, Soucy, J.) awarding shared primary residence of the parties’ minor children, determining child support, and allocating the dependent income tax exemptions. He contends that because the court erred in perceiving the seriousness of Jessica A. (Nadeau) Potila’s substance abuse issues and in

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Estate of Gloria P. Hall

[¶1] We are asked in this appeal to determine whether the Cumberland County Probate Court (Mazziotti, J.) properly admitted to probate the 2004 will of Gloria P. Hall despite a 2007 separation agreement, reached in settlement of a divorce action, providing that neither Gloria nor her husband would modify the wills that each had executed in 1993, as modified by one codicil to the husband’

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Genevieve-Anne Gaurdreau v. Richard A. Barnes

Richard Barnes ("Father") appeals from the trial court's judgment modifying a prior dissolution judgment and child custody decree. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On March 20, 2007, a Petition for Dissolution was filed. On July 8, 2008, the marriage between Father and Genevieve-Anne Gaudreau ("Mother") (collectively, "Parents") was dissolved, pursuant to a consent judgment ("Dissolution Jud

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Michele Cavallaro v. Omni Properties and Nancy Cavallaro

Michele Cavallaro, an active member of The Florida Bar but not a party to the dissolution of her parents’ marriage in the circuit court, appeals an order

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holding her in contempt and imposing attorney’s fees and costs (on her mother’s motion) against her. We reverse.

In 2012, Nancy Cavallaro, the appellant’s mother, obtained a final judgment dissol

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Gregory T. Flynn v. Myrna DeJesus Flynn

Gregory T. Flynn, the Former Husband, petitions this court for certiorari review of an order that denied his motion to consolidate, transfer, and/or stay a civil action filed by Myrna Dejesus Flynn, the Former Wife, pending resolution of substantially the same issue in the family division of the circuit court. We conclude that - 2 - the circuit court departed from the essential requirements of law

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Robert Tracy Shawick v. Colleen Anne Shadwick

Robert Tracy Shadwick (the Husband) appeals an amended final judgment of dissolution of marriage and challenges the awards of alimony and attorney's fees in this case involving a long-term marriage of twenty-six years. We affirm without discussion the alimony award of $350 per month in favor of Colleen Anne

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Shadwick (the Wife). We dismiss the appeal as premature with respect to

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Frederick L. Wagner v. Sherry R. Wagner

Frederick L. Wagner (the Husband) appeals the amended final judgment of dissolution of marriage with respect to the alimony award to Sherry R. Wagner (the Wife) and the determination of marital debt. We affirm without discussion the award of $300 per month in permanent alimony. As to the debt issue, the Husband contends that the trial court erred in determining that a credit card debt for an adult

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State of Oklahoma v. Terry Wayne Mayes

Tulsa criminal defense lawyer Robbi Gail Barker represented Terry Wayne Mayes who was charged with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: ABDOM, ASSAULT AND BATTERY - DOMESTIC - 2ND OFFENSE , in violation of 21 O.S. 644 C
Date Of Offense: 01/20/2012

Party Name: Disposition Inform

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Hill Country San Antonio Management Services, Inc. v. Rachel Trejo

On December 14, 2012, Appellee Rachel Trejo filed suit as Next Friend of her adult child, Rene Trejo, asserting that Hill Country Achievement Center breached the standard of care applicable to an adult day-care facility by failing to monitor or assist Rene Trejo as he exited a van after a facility outing. Hill Country originally denied the facility was a health care provider under the Texas Medica

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Leticia R. Benavides v. Shirley Hale Mathis

In the underlying litigation, Leticia Benavides sued Shirley Hale Mathis, As Temporary Guardian of the Estate of Carlos Y. Benavides, Jr., for tortious interference with a contract and for money had and received. Mathis moved for both a traditional and no-evidence summary judgment on both claims. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of Mathis, and this appeal by Leticia ensued.1 The disposit

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In The Estate of Thomas Trevino Araguz III, Deceased

After volunteer firefighter Thomas Trevino Araguz III died in the line of duty, his mother, Simona Longoria, filed this suit to declare his marriage to Nikki Araguz void as a matter of law on the grounds that it constituted a same sex marriage.1 See TEX. CONST. art. I, § 32(a) (“Marriage in this state shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman.”); TEX. FAM. CODE ANN.

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Loretta Branch v. Monumental Life Insurance Company

In this dispute over life-insurance proceeds, the deceased insured’s former wife appeals the trial court’s ruling that she is not entitled to the interpleaded funds. Her adult son and daughter also have attempted to appeal the judgment.

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We dismiss the daughter’s appeal for want of prosecution and dismiss the son’s appeal for want of jurisdiction. We affi

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In re the Marriage of Jacqueline Greaux and Tristan Mermin

In a divorce proceeding, the court awarded the community business to the husband and issued an order restraining the wife from working in the same business, anywhere, for five years. Business and Professions Code section 166001 renders void any agreement that restrains an individual from engaging in a lawful occupation or enterprise except as otherwise provided by statute. Two questions are posed

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Ihsan Ali Bazzi v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.

Petitioner Ihsan Bazzi, a Lebanese national, seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision dismissing his appeal of an immigration judge’s (IJ) order denying his application for adjustment of status and ordering his removal from the United States. Because the decision of the immigration judge is supported by substantial evidence, we deny Bazzi’s petition for review.

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Roberto Ledesma v. Daniela Estrada Gutierrez and Juan Antonio Cisneros

At issue in this case is the paternity of A.C., who is now four years old. A.C.’s biological father, Roberto Ledesma, challenges the district court’s denial of his petition to establish paternity, custody, visitation, and support, and to terminate the rights of A.C.’s legally established father, Juan Cisneros. Ledesma contends the district court misapplied Iowa Code sections 6

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In Re Marriage of Christine G. Peterson and Darin L. Peterson

Darin Peterson appeals the modification of his child support obligation and the district court’s award of trial attorney fees. The child support ordered was within the guidelines and we discern no reason to vary from the guideline amount. The district court did not abuse its discretion in ordering Darin to pay a portion of Christine Peterson’s (n/k/a Christine Wahlert) trial attorney

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