Marriage of Starr

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJanuary 23, 2026A172153MCalifornia5,634 words

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Opinion

Goldman, J.

Filed 1/23/2026 (unmodified opn. attached)

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FOUR

In re the Marriage of TARA STARR and THOMAS STARR.

TARA STARR,

Appellant, A172153 v. THOMAS STARR, (Contra Costa County Respondent. Super. Ct. No. MSD2004180 )

BY THE COURT:

It is ordered that the opinion filed herein on January 22, 2026, be modified as follows:

1. On page 8, in the second sentence of the second full paragraph, the word “plus” is added following the ellipse, so the sentence reads:

Radcliffe further asserted that “there was no need to file a request to file a second amended petition” because Tara’s position was declared “under penalty of perjury via the [request for order to bifurcate the trial] . . . plus the Joint Case Management Conference Statement filed July 19, 2022” and because “[Thomas’s] counsel acknowledged that the date of separation was in dispute and agreed, on [Thomas’s] behalf, to try this issue as a preliminary issue.”

2. The sentence and citation that spans pages 10 and 11 is deleted and…

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