California Court of Appeal

In an appeal from the trial court's denial of petitioner's request for a stay of dependency proceedings involving his two children under section 522(b) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, the order is reversed where (1) liberally construing petitioner's application for a stay, it met the requirements of section 522(b) or at minimum substantially complied with the requirements of section 522(b); and 2) assuming it did not meet the requirements of section 522(b), the court abused its discretion in denying a stay.

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• Decided 05/24/2010
• Published 05/24/2010

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• California Court of Appeal

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