California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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Conservatorship of A.S. CA3
Jul 14, 2022
In April 2020, the public guardian filed a petition for appointment of conservatorship of A.S. and her estate. A report by a county investigator, filed in connection with the April 2020 petition, detailed A.S.’s struggles with mental health. Quoting a psychiatrist who had recentl…
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P. v. Wilkins CA3
Jul 14, 2022
The facts of defendant’s crimes are irrelevant to this appeal. Suffice it to say, defendant pled guilty to a qualifying sexual offense in 2004 in exchange for the dismissal of a similar sexual offense against a separate victim. In 2009, a petition was filed alleging defendant met…
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In re P.F. CA3
Jul 14, 2022
We provide only the information relevant to determination of the issues on appeal. Detention Though Termination of Parental Rights In May 2019, the minor tested positive for methamphetamine and heroin at birth. Both parents admitted to using drugs. The minor was detained from bot…
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County of Shasta CA3
Jul 14, 2022
S.H. has had numerous psychiatric hospitalizations and had previously been under conservatorship. The California Highway Patrol concluded she was a danger to herself or others and placed her on a 72-hour hold under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS Act). (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§…
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P. v. Kanongataa CA3
Jul 14, 2022
In October 2019, probation officers conducted a probation search of defendant’s home. Inside the home, officers found feces on a bed, rotten food, and butane tanks. They also found a “butane honey oil extraction apparatus,” which contained, among other things, butane, coffee filt…
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P. v. Moua CA3
Jul 14, 2022
Defendant and Lor were in a long-term relationship. Between the two were several children, including daughters Mindy, Pangfoua, and Isabella; and sons Xou and Leng. When Mindy was in the fifth or sixth grade, defendant began touching her. He would come to her bedroom at night and…
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P. v. Thompson CA3
Jul 14, 2022
In November 2017, defendant worked with others to cash payroll checks that were stolen from a business in Oroville. In April 2018, defendant was arrested while coming out of a building with an activated security alarm carrying rubber gloves and a screwdriver. Defendant was charge…
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In re Savanah H. CA2/5
Jul 14, 2022
On July 11, 2014, the Department filed an amended section 300 petition that alleged, as later amended and sustained, that father M.M. physically abused then two-year-old Savanah and threatened to kill her, and mother failed to protect the child from father’s abuse. The petition f…
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P. v. Hernandez CA2/2
Jul 14, 2022
On May 10, 2018, around 8:15 a.m., C.R. came home to find appellant standing in her driveway. Appellant and C.R. had previously been married for about 14 years, and C.R. had an active restraining order against appellant. Appellant had recently come to C.R.’s home on multiple occa…
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In re L.T. CA2/5
Jul 14, 2022
Father appeals from an order terminating parental rights to his three children under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26. He contends the juvenile court erred when it determined the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) satisfied its inquir…
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Marriage of Haney CA2/3
Jul 14, 2022
David and Amy married in 2014. They had one daughter, Charly, who was born in 2017. In 2018, David petitioned for dissolution of the marriage. The family court granted the dissolution. On August 8, 2019, the family court awarded parents joint legal custody but gave Amy primary ph…
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Marriage of Haney CA2/3
Jul 14, 2022
David and Amy married in 2014. They had one daughter, Charly, who was born in 2017. In 2018, David petitioned for dissolution of the marriage. The family court granted the dissolution. On August 8, 2019, the family court awarded parents joint legal custody but gave Amy primary ph…
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Choe v. Pressed Down CA2/8
Jul 14, 2022
The arbitration spanned 10 days and involved hundreds of exhibits, most of which are absent from the appellate record. Following our Supreme Court’s lead, we draw from the arbitrator’s final award in outlining the parties’ dispute, and we take the arbitrator’s findings as correct…
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In re Gabriel T. CA2/4
Jul 14, 2022
Gabriel (born July 2006) and his sister Guadalupe T. (born May 2010) came to the attention of the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) on August 14, 2019, when Guadalupe reported to the police that she had been sexually abused by father inside his home. G…
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Vishnevsky v. Zingerman CA2/2
Jul 14, 2022
In April 2009, appellant and Zingerman purchased GHDF, a cannabis collective. They were GHDF’s sole shareholders, directors, and officers. In May 2009, they made GHDF a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation. Zingerman operated the business’s day-to-day affairs. In July 2009, Zinge…
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In re P.S. CA2/4
Jul 14, 2022
On December 10, 2019, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a dependency petition on behalf of mother’s minor children: Paris S. (born Oct. 2006); Aaniyjah G. (born Nov. 2008); Kaniyah C. (born Aug. 2010); Ky’on T. (born Aug. 2016); Laila …
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New Look Skin Center v. Yerushalmi CA2/2
Jul 14, 2022
On August 2, 2020, Ashley Kermani purportedly suffered burns while undergoing a laser hair-removal procedure at the New Look spa. Kermani was a family friend of Attorney Yerushalmi. On August 14, 2020, Attorney Yerushalmi phoned New Look spa and spoke to Evana Khachadoori “in ref…
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Sanchez v. Alston Construction Co. CA2/2
Jul 14, 2022
Alston is a construction general contractor. Alston acts solely in a managerial capacity and hires independent contractors to perform the actual construction work. In 2015, Alston contracted with PanCal 11525 Shoemaker LLC (PanCal) to alter an existing building and construct a pa…
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Cash v. Federizo CA2/3
Jul 14, 2022
We only recite those facts necessary to resolve the issues on appeal, doing so in the light most favorable to the probate court’s order. (Estate of Young (2008) 160 Cal.App.4th 62, 76.) Cleo created the trust and transferred her principal residence, miscellaneous real and persona…
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P. v. Lee CA2/4
Jul 14, 2022
Appellants Derion Devon Lee, Charod Robinson, and Pernell Barnes, members of the Duarte Duroc Crips gang (DDC), were convicted of various charges arising from two shootings that occurred as part of a war between DDC and a rival gang, the Pasadena Denver Lane Bloods (PDL). The fir…