Just because it works on Law and Order or some other television show, doesn’t mean it works in California. The Commission on Judicial Performance has publicly admonished a California judge for being sarcastic. In one particularly, eggregious situation, the Hon. Ronald M. Sohigian overruled an attorney’s hearsay objection to a question. The attorney responded, “Your…
There is always a temptation to want to “tell all” in a divorce case. Well now, in a California divorce case, an appeals court has warned of the consequences of not telling all. The case is Marriage of Moore. The husband is a Chico Police officer. One of the benefits of his employment is a…
Normally, unpaid child support is like living life in the fast lane. Sooner or later, it is all going to catch up to you. In other words, unlike other unpaid debts, unpaid child support usually never goes away, which means that there is no statute of limitations regarding enforcement and the person to whom the…
Just last month in this blog we addressed the situation of a murder-suicide in Oceanside whose cause was being attributed to distraught feelings in a pending divorce (see Apparent Oceanside Murder-Suicide Linked to Pending Divorce, March 5, 2014). Those deaths occurred in February earlier this year. Coincidentally, a prosecution currently underway in San Diego Superior…
You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to confront witnesses against you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You’ve heard that all before on television. But do you have a right to make sure some lawyer isn’t questioning your kid or telling the judge what your kid thinks about your divorce? Apparently the answer…
On March 1st, the County of San Diego launched a One Day Divorce Program in the San Diego County Superior Court. The program is intended to streamline the divorce process for couples who are unrepresented by legal counsel and do not have any contested issues to resolve in their divorce. In order to participate in…
A married couple was found dead in their home earlier this month in Oceanside in northern San Diego County. The deaths are being called a murder-suicide, attributed to the upcoming finality of a pending divorce. According to a neighbor, the couple had been married for seven years when the wife filed for divorce, ostensibly because…
In a decision issued Friday concerning property division in a divorce case, the California Court of Appeal held that it is permissible for a family law judge to order a spouse not to compete against a business awarded to the other spouse. But that is not the entire story. In the case of Greaux vs.…
California’s Family Code has long provided that a court may issue a domestic violence restraining order for disturbing the peace of the complaining party. Now, in a new case, the California Court of Appeal has added clarity to what “disturbing the peace” actually means. Accepting the reasoning of another appellate decision, this one from 2009,…
Going through a divorce in California — or anywhere else, for that matter– is painful enough, but what happens if you die during the process? According to the most recent opinion on the subject from the California Court of Appeal, Marriage of Martin, it’s not necessarily a problem. You can rest in peace. The facts…
