CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure After Trial/Hearing
......Attack on Judgments/Orders
.........Equitable Estoppel
4 Cards On This Topic:
  • Neither evidence of intentional or deliberate misrepresentation is required for the doctrine of equitable estoppel to apply.
  • Mother not estopped from challenging retroactive c/s order where retroactive provision contravenes public policy.
  • Law supported implicit determination H did not harass W into quitting school, thus no equitable estoppel barred H from asserting MSA right to terminate s/s conditioned on school; equitable estoppel explained.
  • Cases discussing various aspects of equitable estoppel as it pertains to family law cases.