Marriage of Abu-Assal
Before transferring them to this division of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, our colleagues in Division 2 wisely consolidated these three appeals because they constitute essentially one case -- a case that has gone on about eight years now and manifested itself in no less than four different trial-level courts and no less than five separate proceedings. (And still hasnt been authoritatively decided!)
The case about which we speak is the claim of the wife of a doctor that a certain item of real property (two contiguous parcels known in this litigation as the Riverside Property, which was operated as a pre school until 2003) was community property in which she has an interest.
The single judge who will take over this case in the San Bernardino court is encouraged to use the courts full lawful powers, including contempt if necessary, to prevent such scofflawry from happening in the future.
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