MARITAL: Common law marriage properly found between same-sex couple with accompanying maintenance, child support, property division… part of Petitioner’s fees properly awarded despite no reasonableness hearing… Halligan affirmed. [Read more…]
Marital, common law female/female dissolution
MARITAL: Common law marriage found between 2 women from 1999 when their 1st child was conceived with donated sperm… biological mother awarded child support, maintenance, $100,000 plus $110,000 attorney fees… Halligan. [Read more…]
Custody, adopted children, same-sex partners
CUSTODY: Sole custody proper to non-adoptive same-sex partner after adoptive partner moved… right to travel, insufficient pleadings not preserved for appeal, no need to [Read more…]
Protective order, interlocutory
PROTECTIVE ORDER by McLean interlocutory, not appealable… appeal fees denied… order. [Read more…]
Business sale, concrete “non-compete” area
BUSINESS SALE: Parol evidence properly rejected in construing whether concrete business sale agreement prohibited business by seller in “non-compete area” or required seller to provide customer list… Customer Letter not executed oral agreement or separate agreement not to [Read more…]
Parental interest, same-sex, therapy notes/video
PARENTAL INTEREST: Judge had post-notice-of-appeal jurisdiction to enter TPO blocking access to children’s therapy notes/videos on motion of GAL since it is not directly related to same-sex custody/property [Read more…]