California Court of Appeal

A petition for writ of mandate brought by a former wife in dissolution proceedings is granted where a trial judge abused her discretion in declaring a mistrial merely because the parties did not complete the long-cause trial of a dissolution prior to an arbitrary deadline set by the trial judge.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/10/2006
• Published 03/10/2006

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dell'Ario & LeBoeuf, A. Charles Dell'Ario, Jacques LeBoeuf, Oakland;  Langston Williams Professional Corporation and Joanne Langston, Orange, for Petitioner., Law Offices of Patricia J. Grace and Patricia J. Grace for Real Party in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.