A man who was ordered by the Los Angeles Superior Court to pay child support, pursuant to a 2010 Florida judgment of paternity, is not relieved of his obligation to make back payments even though the parenthood determination was vacated in 2022 based on lack of personal jurisdiction 12 years earlier, the Court of Appeal for this district held Friday.

Div. Three of the Court of Appeal for this district held Friday that the prosecution of a man on one count of wrongful diversion of construction funds, instituted in 2007, must come to an end.

Div. Two of the First District Court of Appeal has affirmed the attempted murder and related convictions of a Black man who argued that some of his attorney’s statements during trial, comparing his groans during the attack to “growls” and describing his behavior as like that of a “raving animal,” violated California’s Racial Justice Act of 2020.

Throughout Constitution Month in September, courts across the state will partner with K-12 schools and community organizations to bring judges into classrooms, host courthouse visits, and provide civic learning resources for educators and students.