Kenne

Kenne v. Stennis CA2/7

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJune 10, 2015B250195California9,065 words

Opinion

Opinion

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Kathleen A. Kenne appeals from post-judgment trial court orders granting Kevin P. Stennis’s third party claim of ownership of real property upon which Kenne had filed a writ of execution to satisfy a judgment against Kevin’s mother, Zelma Stennis (Zelma).1 We affirm the orders.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

We considered a previous appeal from the instant lawsuit, Kenne v. Stennis (Super. Ct. L.A. County, 2009, No. SC092747), and issued a nonpublished opinion in 2013. (Kenne v. Stennis (Feb. 26, 2013, B221752).) As the factual and procedural background is the same for the instant appeal, we quote relevant sections from the prior opinion. We then set forth the post-judgment facts and procedural background specific to this appeal.

A. Initiation of Lawsuit Through Judgment “Kenne was an attorney and a personal friend of—and at one time romantically involved with—William Davis (Davis), a disbarred attorney.[2] Davis was an old family friend of Zelma and her family, including her son, Kevin, who was a Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County. Kenne had been introduced to Kevin in 1997 when they were both law students. “In 2003, Zelma sued Cecil…

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