ONCALL
...Family Law
......Unmarried Cohabitors
5 Cards On This Topic:
  • Man could file civil extortion claim against ex-girlfriend who blackmailed him to keep their child secret from his wife—threats to character are menace, the civil equivalent of extortion under the Civil Code.
  • No error in sustaining D's demurrer to P's C/A for IIED as civil remedy for the extortion is contractual and does not support a claim for ED.
  • An individual’s 18th birthday is excluded when calculating the applicable limitations period.
  • Complaint in a Marvin case cannot simply request an accounting and proceed by default.
  • A gift of an interest in real property properly set aside pursuant to Civ. Code §1590 where contemplated marriage was given up by mutual consent.