Pittman v. Vau CA1/3
This is an appeal by plaintiffs Traci Pittman and R. Frederick Caspersen, trustees of The Traci Pittman Trust (Pittman Trust), from an order denying Pittman’s motion to join the post judgment motion by defendants Jack L. Cox (Cox), Debbie Harrison, and Kerri Vau, as an individual and trustee of the Vau trusts (Vau), to apportion their fees and costs in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure sections 874.010 and 874.040. This motion followed the settlement of the lawsuit filed by Pittman (plaintiff) and Caspersen, as trustees of The Pittman Trust, seeking the partition of a number of properties jointly owned by the parties and for accountings. The trial court denied plaintiff’s motion, including her request for fees and costs incurred in the partition lawsuit, on the ground that “joinder is not the appropriate method to bring this request before the court.”
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