Life insurance policy on husband's life obtained by husband during marriage and paid for with community property funds, naming wife as owner and beneficiary, must be characterized as wife's separate property under form of title presumption

Bounds v. Superior Court, defines what the legislature meant by the word “takes” in Welf & I C §15610.30(a)(1): “Financial abuse” of an elder occurs when a person “[t]akes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains real or personal property of an elder.”

PGA West Residential Association (Creditor) alleged Dempsey Mork (Debtor) tried to fraudulently insulate the equity in his condominium from creditors by naming Hulven International, Inc. (Hulven), a sham corporation entirely owned and controlled by Debtor, as the beneficiary of a deed of trust...

After a shopping center tenant (Tenant) defaulted on a secured loan, Lender took possession of the premises through foreclosure. Shortly thereafter, Lender transferred its interest to Third Party, who later stopped paying rent and surrendered the premises. Landlord sued Lender and Third Party to...

Hovannisian v First Am. Title Ins. Co. (2017) 14 CA5th 420, reported at 40 CEB RPLR 122 (Sept. 2017), concerned the liability of a title company under a lender's title insurance policy that had failed to mention an existing mortgage on the property securing the loan — an omission apparently...