Reddi

FACTS

Background This is Satya’s fifth appeal relating to the dissolution of his and Lakshmi’s marriage. Three of the prior appeals are from judgments and orders made in the dissolution action itself. Lakshmi’s trial counsel, Hughes & Hughes, also represented her in each of those family law appeals. The other appeal is from a legal malpractice action Satya filed against one of his prior attorneys, and Hughes & Hughes was not involved in the legal malpractice action or the appeal in the legal malpractice action. The four prior appeals are: (1) In re Marriage of Reddi (July 31, 2003, G029401) [nonpub. opn.] (Reddi I); In re Marriage of Reddi (Dec. 30, 2009, G040864) [nonpub. opn.] (Reddi II); Reddi v. Zwick (July 7, 2011, G044385) [nonpub. opn.] (Reddi III); and In re Marriage of Reddi (Mar. 13, 2012, G044888) [nonpub. opn.] (Reddi IV). We take judicial notice of our prior opinions. (Evid. Code, §§ 452, 459.) The opinion in Reddi IV cogently sets forth pertinent background: “Satya and Lakshmi have been divorced since 2000, when they obtained a dissolution of the status of their marriage. The property and support issues were tried in 2001. The trial resulted in an order for…