Cauley v. Cauley

Opinion

MIHARA, J.

Under Family Code section 4325, there is a rebuttable presumption that an award of spousal support not be made to a spouse who has been convicted of intraspousal domestic violence.1 Appellant Eileen J. Cauley has been convicted of domestic violence against respondent Gerald W. Cauley. The parties’ settlement agreement provided that spousal support was not subject to modification or termination. The trial court found that the presumption of section 4325 applied here and had not been rebutted. It then *1103granted respondent’s motion to terminate spousal support to appellant. We…