Posts in 2017

Oct 05 A Matter of Judgment

In Arikawa v. Superior Court (Oct. 5, 2017, B283862) [nonpub opn.], we obtained a "peremptory writ of mandate," issued only when ...

Sep 13 Broken Record Exhortation

Today's example of my "sounds like a broken appellate record" exhortation comes from In re Marriage of Caballero and Dearcia ...

Sep 13 Seeking Truth Is a Sufficient Goal for Standing

In Dent v. Wolf, B278951 (Sept. 12, 2017), 2/8 decided an interesting standing issue in the context of a paternity case. The ...

Aug 24 Prop 66: You Say "Mandatory;" I Say "Directory"

Today the California Supreme Court filed its opinion in Briggs v. Brown, the first in what promises to be a long line of ...

Aug 10 A Lucky Win

The recent opinion in Marriage of Ashkari & Yaghmai (B269776) contains interesting twist and turns, as well as a discussion of ...

Jun 07 Remedy Eludes Former Foster Youth

Although "For every wrong there is a remedy" (Civ. Code sec. 3523), that remedy may not be in court. In In re Jesse S. (June 7, ...