BURKLE v. BURKLE

No. B181878.

37 Cal.Rptr.3d 805 (2006)

135 Cal.App.4th 1045

Janet E. BURKLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Ronald W. BURKLE, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Eight.

As Modified February 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, Patricia L. Glaser and Nabil L. Abu-Assal, Los Angeles; Wasser, Cooperman & Carter, Dennis M. Wasser and Bruce E. Cooperman, Los Angeles; De Goff and Sherman and Richard Sherman, for Defendant and Appellant.

Philip Kaufler, Hugh John Gibson, Beverly Hills, and Hillel Chodos, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Karlene W. Goller, Los Angeles; Davis Wright Tremaine, Kelli L. Sager, Alonzo Wickers IV and Susan E. Seager, Los Angeles, for Intervenor Press Organizations Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, The Associated Press and California Newspaper Publishers Association.


BOLAND, J.

SUMMARY

Family Code section 2024.61 requires a court, upon the request of a party to a divorce proceeding, to seal any pleading that lists and provides the location or identifying information about the financial assets and liabilities of the parties. We conclude that section 2024.6 is unconstitutional on its face. The First Amendment provides a right of access to court records in divorce proceedings. While the privacy...

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