Marriage of Cole CA1/3

Filed 11/25/25 Marriage of Cole CA1/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

In re MARRIAGE of KIKIANNE and

SCOTT COLE.

___________________________________ A168619, A172369

KIKIANNE COLE,

(Contra Costa County Appellant, Super. Ct. No. D12-03933) v.

SCOTT COLE,

Respondent.

Scott Cole propounded various discovery requests after Kikianne (“Anne”) Cole requested an order setting aside their marital settlement agreement on the basis of fraud, or alternatively, breach of fiduciary duty.1 The parties wrangled over the sufficiency of Anne’s responses for nearly two years, necessitating the involvement of a discovery referee. The trial court ultimately granted Scott’s motion for terminating sanctions after finding that Anne’s sixth set of responses to discovery…