Legal Question in Family Law in California

What Does The Term Reconsideration Mean

Is There such a thing as ''reconsideration'' after a judge has ruled on a case concerning a dissolution of marriage? I was the respondent and my ex the petitioner. The ruling is in my favor to receive funds in a trust that were set aside after community property was sold. And now my lawyer is saying my ex has a 10 day period to ask the court to reconsider the ruling. Something smells fishy here because when the ruling came down, my lawyer notified me and said I would recieve my money as soon as the trust funds' books were reconciled, which was a couple of days. It's been over a week and I had to call to find out what the delay was, and was told of this process of reconsideration and told it was matter of law. I'd never heard of this. Is it common? Or should I look into whether intermediation is at play here with my money.


Asked on 9/28/06, 7:48 pm

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PATRICK MCCRARY PATRICK MCCRARY

Re: What Does The Term Reconsideration Mean

A motion for reconsideration is the right of any party if they have any evidence that was not produced at trial and could not have been produced at trial or if the judge made a ruling that was contrary to the law. The motion is not unusual but it is not common. Generally, the reconsideration motion is not successful. Your attorney is doing nothing wrong, the other side has probably told him/her that they are considering or intending to file a motion for reconsideration. Good Luck, Pat McCrary

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Answered on 9/30/06, 11:16 am


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