California Court of Appeal

ANNETTE F. v. SHARON S., D041872

In a case dealing with "second-parent" adoptions, the court concluded plaintiff's complaint arose from protected speech activity by the defendant within the scope of the anti-SLAPP statute, and that plaintiff failed to establish a probability of prevailing on her libel claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/28/2004
• Published 06/28/2004

Judges

• AARON, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich and Guylyn R. Cummins, San Diego, for Defendant and Appellant., Shopoff & Cavallo, Jeffrey W. Shopoff and Kathleen A. McKinley for Plaintiff and Respondent.