From pre- and post-nuptial agreements to property division to spousal and child support to custody, GMSR has extensively litigated family law issues in the appellate courts. GMSR’s appellate lawyers have also assisted clients in connection with mediations or other settlement discussions, helping them to resolve disputes favorably without protracted litigation where possible.
Court of Appeal affirms order denying motion to recover attorney’s fees from GMSR’s client under Family Code section 2030
In re Marriage of Armour/Ritter (2010) 2010 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 6108 (California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Eight) [unpublished]. A wife in a marital dissolution proceeding incurred almost $700,000 in attorney’s fees litigating whether the confidential documents of her husband’s employer, which the spouses
In re Marriage of Glassman (May 14, 2008, B198323) 2008 WL 2055628, vacated (Cal. Ct. App., Sept. 3, 2008, No. B198323) 2008 WL 4061147 [nonpublished opinion]
Orders for spousal support
Court of Appeal reverses dismissal of petition to establish non-paternity
Said v. Jegan (2007) 146 Cal.App.4th 1375 (California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 8 (Los Angeles)) [published]. Robin Meadow secured this reversal despite an earlier published case that seemed directly contrary. When GMSR’s client discovered that his former wife had placed his name on
Said v. Jegan (2007) 146 Cal.App.4th 1375
Standing to disprove paternity under Uniform Parentage Act
Zand v. Old Republic Title Co. (Aug. 21, 2007, G035874)
Plaintiff alleged title insurer negligently concluded that consent wasn’t necessary to transfer title to property that he and his ex-wife had owned. After GMSR filed its Respondent’s Brief, the plaintiff folded.
In re Marriage of Burkle (2006) 139 Cal.App.4th 712
Application of presumption of undue influence in interspousal transactions and of requirement of sworn financial disclosures in post-marital agreement
Taylor v. Taylor (2004, B160004)
Challenge to excessive support and attorney fee orders (settled before decision)
In re Marriage of Gritz, 2003 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 9395
Separate property credit for full value of house brought to marriage where house later demolished during remodel
In re Marriage of Tovar (2002) 2002 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 7052
Pendente lite attorney’s fees award against spouse’s employer which opposed garnishment
In re Marriage of Palin (2002) 2002 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 4318
Whether husband’s stock options earned during marriage but not vested until after marriage are community property
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