California Court of Appeal

Under Civil Code section 3294, evidence that wife filed for dissolution after learning that she had won a share of a lottery jackpot; consulted the Lottery Commission personnel about ways in which she could avoid sharing the jackpot with her husband supported finding that she fraudulently concealed assets.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/22/2001
• Published 06/22/2001

Judges

• EPSTEIN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Michael J. Berger, Beverly Hills, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Claudia Ribet;  Phillips, Lerner & Lauzon and Marc Lerner, Los Angeles, for Respondent.