Marriage of Lane and Crouch CA1/2

Filed 12/27/21 Marriage of Lane and Crouch CA1/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

In re the Marriage of KATHERINE LANE and

DAVID CROUCH.

KATHERINE LANE,

Petitioner and Appellant, A154434 v. (San Mateo County

DAVID CROUCH,

Super. Ct. No. F0122077) Respondent and Appellant.

This marital dissolution action is sadly typical for its protracted bitterness. It is notably untypical in that the case took five years to get to trial; the matter was submitted for decision only after, the family court’s words, “32 days of trial and three days of closing argument”; the trial generated 30 volumes of reporter’s transcripts; and the register of action requires 243 pages. Issues of spousal and child support were determined, but are not challenged on appeal. The…