Legal Opinion
Calcaterra v. Badakhsh
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 22, 2005No. B180103PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
YEGAN, J.
Family law courts have a difficult task. They must characterize property, divide community property, and award spousal and child support. This undertaking becomes even more challenging when a party submits misleading or false information to the court. Where the trial court recognizes deception, it may draw adverse factual inferences and even refer the matter for perjury prosecution. As we said in In re Marriage of Chakko (2004) 115 Cal.App.4th 104, 110 [8 Cal.Rptr.3d 699], the courts will not tolerate those who interfere with the truth-seeking function of the trial court. Here…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cheriton v. FraserCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2001
- People v. Daniel G.California Court of Appeal · 2004
- Loh v. LohCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2001
- In Re Marriage of ChakkoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2004
- Egedi v. EgediCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2001
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- People v. WilliamsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2007
- Dearcey Stewart v. Matthew CateCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
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