Rothstein v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Opinion

BAKER, J.—

While a husband and wife were litigating their ongoing marriage dissolution case, a limited liability company run by the wife filed a civil action concerning a disputed debt at issue in the dissolution proceedings. The superior court deemed the two cases related and assigned the civil case to the already assigned judge. The question we decide is whether the limited liability company’s Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6 (section 170.6) challenge 1 in the related civil action requires transfer of both cases to a new judge.

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Peymaneh Rothstein (Peymaneh) and Mark Rothstein…