In a Mother and Father's appeal of a juvenile court order terminating their parental rights, the order is affirmed where: 1) Father's failure to challenge the order via petition for extraordinary writ precludes review of the order in this appeal; and 2) the dependency court did not err in denying... Read On
In a family law action, the juvenile court's termination of K.B.'s parental rights to Jc.L. and Ja.L. is affirmed where the court did not fail to comply with the inquiry/notice requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. sections 1901 et seq., because K.B. and the children's other par... Read On
The Juvenile Court's jurisdiction findings and disposition order adjudging petitioner's four-year-old son a dependent of the juvenile court, removing him from petitioner's care and custody and placing him with the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services for suitable placemen... Read On
In this dissolution of a 27-year marriage. The court's division of community property and spousal support are affirmed over the ex-wife's claims of error regarding the valuation of the couple's two grocery stores and the amount of spousal support awarded. Read On
In a wife's challenge of the trial court's denial of her motion to divide unadjudicated community property under Family Code section 2556, the judgment is reversed where: 1) section 2556 provided the trial court with continuing jurisdiction to divide omitted or unadjudicated community property; 2... Read On
In consolidated dependency actions, in which Mother contests the juvenile court's detention and dispositional orders temporarily denying her visitation with her young son, the juvenile court's orders are affirmed where parental visitation may be denied during the reunification period if such visi... Read On
Mother's appeals from the juvenile court's permanent restraining order against her requiring her to stay away from father and their six-year-old child is affirmed in part, reversing in part, and remanding where based on the record, the juvenile court erred by including child in the restraining or... Read On
In a mother's appeal of the juvenile court's order terminating her parental rights, Welf. & Inst. Code sections 366.26 and 395, alleging that substantial evidence does not support the juvenile court's finding that there was good cause to deviate from the adoption placement preferences of the Indi... Read On
In a juvenile dependency case, in which a Father challenges the juvenile court's jurisdiction and disposition orders. the juvenile court's jurisdiction and disposition orders are reversed where because Daughter was not abused, neglected, or exploited and Father neither did nor failed to do anythi... Read On
In a Father's appeal from the juvenile court's findings at the six-month review hearing that reasonable reunification services were provided to him and that active efforts were made to prevent the breakup of the Indian family, the juvenile court's orders are reversed where: 1) no substantial evid... Read On
In a Father's appeal of family court orders declaring his two children dependent children pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300(b), removing the children from Father and placement with Mother, the orders are affirmed over his claims that: 1) the jurisdiction order was not supporte... Read On
In consolidated appeals involve allegations that defendant companies holding the patents for Lipitor and Effexor XR delayed entry into the market of generic versions of those drugs by engaging in an overarching monopolistic scheme that involved fraudulently procuring and enforcing the underlying ... Read On
In a case in which a creditor secured a judgment securing in Iraq for non-payment of a promissory note and sought to have a recognized in federal district court, the district court's judgment that the judgment was not entitled to recognition given that the parties had agreed to arbitrate their di... Read On
In a suit brought following the break up of plaintiff's relationship with a former boxing champion, alleging invasion of privacy (both public disclosure of private facts and false light portrayal), defamation and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, based on defendant's soc... Read On
In a putative class action brought by plaintiffs who used defendant's prison phone services, alleging unconscionable service fees, the district court's denial of defendants' motion to compel arbitration is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs did not agree to be bound by the terms of use contained on de... Read On
In a long-running case involves the effort by a sperm donor to establish that he is a legal parent of a child conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) using his sperm, and that he is entitled to joint legal and physical custody of the child with the child's mother, the family law court's fi... Read On
In a consolidated action brought by two family members holding powers of attorney for two decedents against a nursing home, alleging the substandard care had caused their deaths, the Kentucky Supreme Court's decision, that the arbitration agreements between the plaintiffs and the nursing home wer... Read On
In an interlocutory appeal of the district court's denying plaintiff's motion to compel arbitration of a claim against defendant, the appeal is dismissed where: 1) the court lacks jurisdiction because the arbitration motion relied only on state law and was not filed pursuant to the Federal Arbitr... Read On
In a case involving how a limited civil case (here a cross-complaint) gets reclassified as an unlimited civil case, where petitioner filed, through counsel, an amended cross-complaint that added a cross-defendant and added causes of action that increased the amount in controversy to over $25,000 ... Read On
In a personal injury suit brought against an employee of a tribal casino, who was involved in an auto accident while acting in the scope of his employment, the Supreme Court of Connecticut's judgment granting defendant's to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction is reversed where: 1) in ... Read On
