SPELLIS v. LAWN

Docket No. G003572.

200 Cal.App.3d 1075 (1988)

246 Cal. Rptr. 385

PATRICIA SPELLIS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. JAMES S. LAWN, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

April 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Patricia Herzog for Plantiffs and Appellants.

Hunt, Colaw & Roe and Mario W. Mainero, Jr., for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

WALLIN, Acting P.J.

Plaintiffs, an ex-wife and her adult children, asserted novel theories of recovery in tort against their former spouse and father in an action for compensatory and punitive damages based on his 16-year evasion of his support obligation. The court sustained a demurrer to all causes of action without leave to amend and dismissed the thrice-amended complaint. We affirm.

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