Marriage of Rattan and Prasad CA1/3

Filed 11/20/25 Marriage of Rattan and Prasad CA1/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

In re the Marriage of KOMAL RATTAN and ABHIJIT PRASAD.

KOMAL RATTAN et al, Respondents,

A172697

v. ELANA THIBAULT, (Alameda County Super. Ct. No. VF07356209) Appellant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This appeal arises out of Komal Rattan and Abhijit Prasad’s marital dissolution.1 In July 2018, Rattan asked the trial court to disqualify — based on a conflict of interest — and sanction Prasad’s attorney, Elana Thibault. After a two-day hearing, the court disqualified Thibault, struck her pleadings, and imposed $5,000 in sanctions. It ordered Rattan’s counsel to

1 We resolve this case by memorandum opinion. (Cal. Stds. Jud. Admin., § 8.1.) We need…