Legal Opinion
Gruen v. Gruen
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 4, 2011No. D055950PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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McCONNELL, P. J.
In this dissolution action, we hold the family court exceeded its jurisdiction by modifying a pendente lite child and spousal support order in favor of the wife. The Legislature expressly intends that temporary support orders may not be modified retroactively. Further, the prospective modification of the order was improper because there was no pending order to show cause (OSC) or motion for modification as required. We reverse certain orders with directions.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Deborah Goodman Gruen and Arthur Lawrence Gruen married in February 1989.1 In…
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