Li

Li v. Chiu CA1/3

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaAugust 1, 2022A163866California1,234 words

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Petrou, J.

facts necessary to decide this appeal. For convenience, we refer to family members sharing a surname by their first names. We deny defendants’ request for judicial notice of an unpublished appellate court decision. (Airline Pilots Assn. Internat. v. United Airlines, Inc. (2014) 223 Cal.App.4th 706, 724, fn. 7.) 1 judgment (sale orders). (Code Civ. Proc., § 704.740, all statutory references are to this code.) We affirm. In 2010, Li filed a malpractice lawsuit against Demas Yan, who represented him in lawsuits concerning property ownership rights. The trial court found Demas had engaged in the unauthorized practice of law and was liable for, among other things, professional negligence and fraud. The court entered judgment for Li. To avoid paying the judgment, Demas transferred his ownership in real property to various limited liability companies and to family members — including his mother, Tina, and his brother-in-law, Chiu. (See Li v. Yan (2016) 247 Cal.App.4th 56, 59–62.) Demas was eventually declared a vexatious litigant and disbarred. Li filed a fraudulent conveyance complaint against defendants and others. In 2016, the trial court entered judgment for Li and ordered defendants…

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