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Court of Appeal affirms family court decision based on fundamental appellate rules
Years after a mother and father (GMSR’s client) agreed to a final custody order involving their daughter, a family law court modified the order, granting the father tie-breaking authority in the event that the two parents disagreed about healthcare or educational decisions. The mother appealed.
In re Marriage of Saab and Zagorsky (Apr. 24, 2024, A166160) 2024 WL 1756082
Court of Appeal affirms family court decision based on fundamental appellate rules
Court of Appeal reverses custody order barring GMSR client from contacting her children while they attend an intensive family reunification program
A family law judge ordered that a father was permitted to enroll himself and his two teenage children in “a week-long program such as Family Bridges.” Purporting to merely “implement” this order, father asked the court to order the children to attend Family Bridges, which
Johnston-Rossi v. Rossi (2023) 88 Cal.App.5th 1081
Court of Appeal reverses custody order barring GMSR client from contacting her children while they attend an intensive family reunification program
Court of Appeal adopts GMSR’s arguments and rejects challenge to marital settlement agreement
Representing the husband in a post-dissolution family law proceeding, GMSR prevailed on wife’s appeal from the superior court’s order denying her motion to set aside their marital settlement agreement. Wife and her counsel had prepared and presented to then-unrepresented husband all preliminary disclosures and the
In re Marriage of Liu (Jan. 28, 2020, A155732) 2020 WL 477616
Court of Appeal adopts GMSR’s arguments and rejects challenge to marital settlement agreement
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