Blog Posts in November, 2012

In McMackin v. Ehrheart (194 Cal. App. 4th 128, 122 Cal.), the Court was asked to determine whether a Marvin claim (a Marvin agreement is an express or implied contract between unmarried partners that ...

In Flowers v. Dancy, the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's ruling and central finding that Andre is prohibited from attacking the forged deed to McIntyre due to the unclean hands doctrine. ...

The unclean hands doctrine, sometimes referred to as the clean hands doctrine, is a principle in which a party who acted unethically or in bad faith in his or her prior conduct with respect to the ...

An interested person's standing to bring an elder-abuse claim is deliberated in Lickter v. Lickter (2010) 189 Cal.App.4 th 712. The case concerned two grandsons (Joshua and Jezra) who sued their ...

Yesterday, we discussed about guardianship and parental unfitness under Probate Code section 1513 (c). In a similar vein, we will discuss about parental rights termination based upon child's best ...

The drama surrounding Ariel Winters of Modern Family fame and her 32 year-old sister's quest to obtain guardianship over her brings to mind a guardianship case titled Guardianship of Christian G. ...