California Court of Appeal

Judgment of dismissal against separate civil action brought by wife against husband and two accounting firms, during pendency of marital dissolution proceedings, is affirmed under well-established precedent precluding parties to dissolution proceedings from engaging in "family law waged by other means."

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/30/2006
• Published 10/30/2006

Judges

• BOLAND, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Philip Kaufler, Beverly Hills;  Hugh John Gibson, Beverly Hills;  and Hillel Chodos, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christensen, Glaser, Fink, Jacobs, Weil & Shapiro, Patricia L. Glaser, Nabil L. Abu-Assal, Bryan M. Sullivan, Los Angeles;  Wasser, Cooperman & Carter, Dennis M. Wasser, Bruce Cooperman and Michael Brourman, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Ronald W. Burkle., Gaelle H. Gralnek, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Ernst & Young LLP in B188224., Parker, Milliken, Clark, O'Hara & Samuelian and William E. Weinberger, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent KPMG LLP in B188224.