Gupta v. Kumar CA1/3
Sandeep Gupta has filed consolidated appeals from two orders entered in domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) proceedings against his then-wife, Nandini Kumar. The first is an order entered after a lengthy evidentiary hearing declining to enter a permanent DVRO against Kumar. The other, entered after a second evidentiary hearing, awards attorney fees and costs to Kumar. Based on detailed credibility determinations, the court held that Gupta had not borne his burden of proving that Kumar engaged in “abuse” as defined by the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (DVPA) (Fam. Code, § 6200 et seq.). The court then awarded Kumar roughly half of her claimed fees and costs, $425,000.
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