June 2010

SLAPP: $31,645.82 Fee Award Reversed To Apportion Out Any Fees Not Incurred In SLAPP Proceeding

June 3, 2010

Second District, Division One Reluctantly Remands Fee Award for Second Look. A good lesson is taught in the next case: SLAPP fees are only awardable for work in the SLAPP proceeding itself, so apportion out unrelated time at the outset of a fee motion to insure that the award is affirmed on appeal. […]

Family Law: Section 2031 Fee Denial Was No Abuse Of Discretion

June 2, 2010

Thirteenth Appellate Proceedings By Wife In Longtime Dissolution Action Ends in Affirmance. Marriage of Falcone and Fyke, Case No. H033619 (6th Dist. May 28, 2010) (unpublished) is the 13th appellate proceeding initiated by wife, the respondent in a longtime marital dissolution action. Wife moved for a needs-based award of attorney’s fees under Family