California Court of Appeal

In case where capital defendant, who is plaintiff in this case, sold his assets to pay for his attorney, modification of child support order based on sale of assets is affirmed over claims that: 1) the trial court applied the Family Code incorrectly when it modified the support order and that no support or a smaller amount of support should have been ordered; and 2) even if the modification was consistent with the Family Code, it violated plaintiff's constitutional right to criminal defense counsel of his choice by diminishing the amount he had available to pay his retained counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/17/2007
• Published 08/15/2007

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kevin G. Little, Berkeley, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Thomas R. Yanger, Assistant Attorney General, Paul Reynaga and Sharon Quinn, Deputy Attorneys General, for Intervener and Respondent., No appearance on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.