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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: A recent decision from the California Court of Appeal shows a continued split of authority as to the meaning of California Probate Code section 859, which allows doubles damages for the wrongful taking of property under specified circumstances. In Keading v. Keading (2021) ___ Cal.App.5th ___, the Court of Appeal ruled that a trial court can impose double damages, without a finding of bad faith, if the court finds that a person has t...

SACRAMENTO — Filing his first piece of legislation as a member of the California Senate, Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) introduced SB 258 , the HIV & Aging Act, which would update the definition of “greatest social need” in the Welfare and Institutions Code to include older people living with HIV. The HIV & Aging Act would ensure older people living with HIV — who are likely to turn to government and community-based services due to multiple comorbidities, behavioral and mental health...

- ADVERTISEMENT - The settlement of Maquoyia Rodgers’ case, outlined in court papers filed by the plaintiff’s attorneys, is subject to approval by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel S. Murphy during a hearing scheduled Feb. 5. The judge’s consent is needed because of the plaintiff’s mental state. Rodgers was 22 at the time of the June 18, 2019, encounter with police, according to a lawsuit brought Aug. 26 on her behalf by her mother, Marsha Coles, who is not herself a plaintiff. Th...

By City News Service Jan 15, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A mentally incapacitated 23-year-old woman would receive $47,000 under a tentative settlement reached with the city of Long Beach over a confrontation with police in 2019 in which she suffered a broken arm that required surgery. The settlement of Maquoyia Rodgers case, outlined in court papers filed by the plantiffs attorneys, is subject to approval by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel S. Murphy during a hearing scheduled Feb. 5. The ...

Kelly added, “She’s been in a 5150 hold.” The number 5150 refers to a particular section of the Welfare and Institutions Code under which someone can be detained against their will for a 72-hour psychiatric hospitalization due to some sort of mental challenge. A person can be eligible for a 5150 if they are a danger to themselves or to others, or if the person is considered gravely ill. Windham-Burke denies she was on a 5150 psychiatric hold The outspoken RHOC star had later deleted the t...