Family,
California Courts of Appeal,
Appellate Practice
May 25, 2017
Is it appealable in family law, or not? Ruling provides guidance
A recent ruling makes clear that not all post-judgment orders are not appealable, as they "are more accurately understood as being preliminary to a later judgment, at which time they will become ripe for appeal."
Claudia Ribet
Of Counsel
California Appellate Law Group LLP
appellate law (certified) and family law (certified)
811 Wilshire Blvd 17th Floor
Los Angeles , California 90017
Phone: (213) 878-0404
Antioch School of Law
California Appellate Law Group LLP is an appellate boutique with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Claudia is one of only three attorneys in California certified by the State Bar as a specialist in both family law and appellate law. Find out more about Claudia and the California Appellate Law Group LLP at www.calapplaw.com. Appellate Zealots is a monthly column on recent appellate decisions and appellate issues written by the attorneys of the California Appellate Law Group LLP.
Trials and hearings in the family law arena give rise to confounding appealability questions: There are pre-trial decisions that may or may not be appealable (e.g., they are if they involve orders to pay money), there is the decision after trial (which is appealable), and there are post-trial decisions which may or may not be appealable. Although many lawyers believe that anything after a trial on the merits is appealable under Code of Civil Procedure Section 904.1(a)(2), it is well establ...
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