O'Hill Capital v. Phillips CA4/3

INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This is an appeal from an order granting an anti-SLAPP motion. This case is an offshoot of the long-running divorce proceeding between Robert O’Hill (Robert) and Andrea O’Hill (Andi). As we discuss in detail in a concurrently filed opinion in O’Hill v. O’Hill, Nov. 10, 2025,G063223) [nonpub. opn.], the family law court has issued orders requiring Robert to pay Andi’s attorney fees, which Robert has largely failed to comply with.1 The record in that appeal reveals that he is over $1 million in arrears on payments in fees and costs. In an effort to enforce its orders, the family law court issued a charging order against Robert’s interest in appellant O’Hill Capital and joined O’Hill Capital in the family law proceeding. After O’Hill Capital was joined in the family law proceeding, Andi filed what amounted to a civil complaint directly against O’Hill Capital, asserting ten causes of action. She included claims for declaratory relief, tortious interference with contract/economic advantage, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty. This complaint was filed in the family law proceeding. O’Hill Capital demurred, asserting various grounds, including that…