Legal Opinion

Babcock v. Superior Court of Ventura Cty.

California Court of Appeal

Decided October 25, 1994No. B085141PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

GILBERT, J.

Here we complete a trilogy of cases in which we consider discovery of financial records of people living with ex-spouses.

In In re Marriage of Tapia (1989) 211 Cal.App.3d 628 [259 Cal.Rptr. 459], we held that contributions by third persons to an ex-spouse’s living expenses should be considered by the trial court in determining the ex-spouse’s ability to pay spousal or child support.

In Harris v. Superior Court (1992) 3 Cal.App.4th 661 [4 Cal.Rptr.2d 564] we held that Tapia should not be read to allow automatic discovery of the financial records of ex-spouses living with a…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Valley Bank of Nevada v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
  2. Schnabel v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
  3. Moskowitz v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1982
  4. Harris v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1992
  5. McDonald v. John P. Scripps NewspaperCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1989

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3Cited by4 opinions

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  2. DP Pham LLC v. CheadleCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2016
  3. People v. Valdivia, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2017
  4. Phelps v. Bishop CA2/4California Court of Appeal · 2015

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