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James Sawyer v. Rosemary Sawyer, et al.

Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Sixth Appellate District, No. H046558 · judgment November 20, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

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  1. UIFSA and Procedural Due Process Is the right to Due Process as vested in a citizen of the United States durable, transportable, and enforceable in and between the originating and forum state?

  2. Precedence of conflicting interests where Due Process is protecting the citizen, and where Full Faith and Credit is protecting the State: Does a sovereign forum state owe to its citizens a duty of due diligence in protecting their rights against infringing actions of a sister state?

  3. Modification Is an order establishing a duty and obligation different in kind from an order calculating a current balance due on said duty, thus requiring distinct treatment with respect to the meaning of the word “modification”, prohibited for one, not the other?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
James A. Sawyer

For respondent
Jennevee H. de Guzman
CA Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 28 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jul 09 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Santa Cruz County Department of Child Support Services to respond filed.
    Main Document
  4. Jun 08 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 12, 2021)
    PetitionAppendix