Marriage of Howard CA2/4
Petitioner and appellant Michelle Ghent Howard appeals from an order granting the motion of respondent Terrence Howard to set aside spousal support provisions of a dissolution judgment and marital settlement agreement on the ground of duress pursuant to Family Code section 2122, subdivision (c). Terrence claimed that Michelle blackmailed him in a call he recorded in September 2011, and threatened to publicly release private recordings of a sensitive, intimate and sexual nature that would be embarrassing and could damage his career. As a result, Terrence claims he agreed, under duress, to a marital settlement agreement in September 2012 that obligated him to pay spousal support far in excess of what he would otherwise have been required to pay based on the parties’ year–long marriage.
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