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Choin v. Mukasey

Family Law, Immigration Law
Russian native's petition for review of a decision denying her application for adjustment of status and ordering her removed is granted where: 1) the...

Vale v. Avila

Family Law, Immigration Law, International Law
Grant of father's petition to return his children to Venezuela under the International Child Abduction Remedies Act is affirmed where the childrens'...

Jonathon L. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Family Law, Government Law
Enrollment and attendance in a public full-time day school is required by California law for minor children unless: 1) the child is enrolled in a...

In re Esperanza

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law
Orders denying petitions for modification under Welfare and Institutions Code section 388 and order terminating parental rights under section 366.26...

US v. Flores-Villar

Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law, Immigration Law
The circuit court rejects challenges under the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment's due process clause on the basis of age and gender...

Stanley v. Stanley

Contracts, Family Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a divorce case, modification of a stipulated property division order is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) the trial court properly...

Barzilay v. Barzilay

Civil Procedure, Family Law, International Law
In an action brought by father seeking the return to Israel of the children from his marriage to mother under the Hague Convention on the Civil...

Aguilera v. Alaska Juris F/V

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Family Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In the context of general maritime law and injured seamen, the circuit court rules that maintenance and cure payments are subject to withholding for...

Life Ins. Co. of N. Am. v. Ortiz

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Insurance Law
In a case involving an interpleader action over the life insurance proceeds for an officer killed in the line of duty involving circumstances in which...

Gates v. Texas Dep't of Protective and Regulatory Servs.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law
Summary judgment for various governmental entities and employees accused of performing unconstitutional child abuse investigations is affirmed where:...