Head v. Crawford

Opinion

WOOLPERT, J.

Plaintiff wife asks this court to hold that the lis pendens she filed in her dissolution proceeding protected the entire community property from a subsequently recorded bail bond lien incurred without her knowledge by her husband. We agree the lis pendens procedure applies to dissolution actions but find in this case it did not have the effect contemplated by the wife.

The Facts

Plaintiff Juda Lee Head (hereafter Juda) and Tracy Lee Head (hereafter Tracy) were married in 1962. In 1963 they purchased real property in Tulare County which we will call the subject property. A…