Family,
California Courts of Appeal
Jan. 20, 2016
2016 begins with two helpful family law decisions
The first decision reaffirms that mental abuse and controlling behavior are enough to warrant a domestic violence protective order, while the second clarifies division of retirement benefits.
Claudia Ribet
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The 2nd District Court of Appeal started off 2016 publishing two helpful family law decisions.
The first, Rodriguez v. Menjivar, 2016 DJDAR 159 (Jan. 7), decided by Division Seven, instructs us once again that mental abuse and controlling behavior are alone enough to warrant a domestic violence protective order. The decision also clarifies when past incidents may be considered by the court, and not be excluded as too remote.
Beverly Rodriguez appealed from the denial o...
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