Appellant Carolyn Cohen and her company Here We Grow,
Inc., donated about a half million dollars to a San Diego spiritual
group called Kabbalah Centre International, Inc. (“Centre”).
Later Cohen wanted her money back. The trial court ruled she
had no such right. We reverse one of the trial court’s rulings that
concerns $25,000 and affirm all the rest.
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We summarize the... More...   $0 (05-08-2019 - CA)

This case presents two issues: does the nonmarital biological child of an
absentee father who never openly held her out as his own have standing under Code of
Civil Procedure section 377.60 (section 377.60) to sue for his wrongful death if she failed
to obtain a court order declaring paternity during his lifetime?
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If she does not have
standing, does section 377.60 violat... More...   $0 (04-13-2019 - CA)

Petitioner David Dudek (David)1 appeals from a judgment entered after the trial
court sustained the demurrer of respondents Anne Kebisek Dudek,2 Tiffany Guzman,
Jeanette M. Kebisek, Mary J. Kebisek, Guillermo Andrade, Maria Sanchez, Ora H. Day,
Tonya Courtney, and Michael Quinn (the respondents) to David's petition (the Petition),
filed pursuant to the Probate Code, to recover mone... More...   $0 (04-12-2019 - CA)

This case involves a dispute over whether plaintiff and appellant
George Zakk is entitled to be paid and receive an executive producer
credit for a film that is a sequel to a film he had worked on and
developed. Zakk sued defendants Vin Diesel, One Race Films, Inc., and
Revolution Studios1 for breach of an oral contract, breach of an impliedin-fact
contract, intentional interfe... More...   $0 (03-26-2019 - CA)

The question presented in this case is one of first impression:
Assuming fraudulent intent, can the Uniform Voidable Transactions
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Act (Civ. Code, § 3439 et seq., formerly known as the Uniform
Fraudulent Transfer Act, or UFTA)1 apply to a premarital agreement in
which the prospective spouses agree that upon marriage each spouse’s
earnings, income, and other property acquir... More...   $0 (02-17-2019 - CA)

This appeal arises out of a dispute between six siblings over the interpretation of
the Trolan Family Trust (the trust), created by their parents in 1974. Upon the death of
their mother in 2015, the siblings became cotrustees of the trust, with the power to act by
majority vote. Five of the siblings, Appellants in this matter, agreed to maintain the
assets in trust, hoping they wou... More...   $0 (02-02-2019 - CA)

We have seen this case before. In 2016, we affirmed the trial court’s
judgment ordering Lu Tuan Nguyen to return funds to the Conservatorship of the Person
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and Estate of Joseph E. Ribal. On remand, the trial court awarded attorney fees incurred
in enforcing the underlying judgment to Linda Rogers, the conservator, of $43,507.50.
Nguyen argues that he has satisfied the underl... More...   $0 (01-21-2019 - CA)

Family Code section 852, subdivision (a)1 (section 852(a))
provides that a “transmutation,” or an interspousal transaction
changing the character of community or separate property, “is not
valid unless made in writing by an express declaration” by the
adversely affected spouse. (Italics added.) In Estate of
MacDonald (1990) 51 Cal.3d 262 (MacDonald), our Supreme
Court held ... More...   $0 (01-20-2019 - CA)