Royals v. Lu
A160985
California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District · Filed
Published · citable
Holding
The court held that a financial‑elder‑abuse claimant may obtain a pre‑trial attachment only to secure compensatory damages, attorney’s fees and costs that are supported by competent evidence and measured by a fixed, readily ascertainable “indebtedness” amount; an attachment cannot be issued to secure prospective punitive damages or statutory penalties, and a request that does not comply with §§ 482.040, 483.015(a)(1), 484.020(a) and (b) of the Code of Civil Procedure must be denied. ---
Statutes construed
- CCP § 430
- CCP § 430.40
- CCP § 481
- CCP § 481.010
- CCP § 481.190
- CCP § 482
- CCP § 482.010
- CCP § 482.040
- CCP § 483
- CCP § 483.010
- CCP § 483.015
- CCP § 484
- CCP § 484.020
- CCP § 485
- CCP § 486
- CCP § 487
- CCP § 488
- CCP § 489
- CCP § 490
- CCP § 491
- CCP § 492
- CCP § 493
- CCP § 904.1
- CCP § 906
- CCP § 909
- CCP § 916
- CCP § 917.65
- CIV § 3065a
- CIV § 3294
- CIV § 3345
- CIV § 8468
- EVID § 452
- LAB § 3707
- PROB § 1000
- PROB § 48
- PROB § 5302
- PROB § 850
- PROB § 859
- RTC § 7864
- WIC § 15600