California Court of Appeal

The trial court's denial of the petitioner's application to terminate spousal support and modification of the spousal and child support orders, claiming that his former wife remarried her partner in a commitment ceremony, is affirmed where: 1) petitioner has provided no authority that the term "remarriage" as used in section 4337 means anything other than a remarriage carried out in conformity with the statutory requirements, and because petitioner's former wife and her partner did not meet those requirements, they did not marry; 2) the estoppel doctrine cannot be applied in this case; 3) trial court did not abuse its discretion in deciding to continue spousal support; and 4) trial court did not err in its determination that income and expense report was relevant, and therefore required, under the California Rules of Court.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/23/2012
• Published 08/23/2012

Judges

• Chavez

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel