Request for Order (RFO) to place proceeds in constructive trust and for sanctions
LAW & MOTION TENTATIVE RULINGS DEPARTMENT 5 April 23, 2026 8:30 AM/1:30 PM
16. SONIA JOHNSON V. THOMAS JOHNSON PFL20190519
Petitioner filed a Request for Order (RFO) on February 25, 2026, following the court’s denial of her ex parte application. Petitioner seeks an order from the court to place the proceeds of the sale of the former marital residence into a constructive trust. Petitioner further seeks Family Code section 271 sanctions in the amount of $2,500. Upon review of the court file, there is no Proof of Service showing the RFO was served on Respondent.
The court drops the matter from calendar due to the lack of proper service.
TENTATIVE RULING #16: THE MATTER IS DROPPED FROM CALENDAR DUE TO THE LACK OF PROPER SERVICE.
NO HEARING ON THIS MATTER WILL BE HELD UNLESS A REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT IS TRANSMITTED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH THE COURT’S WEBSITE OR BY PHONE CALL TO THE COURT AT (530) 621-6725 BY 4:00 P.M. ON THE DAY THE TENTATIVE RULING IS ISSUED. CAL. RULE CT. 3.1308; LOCAL RULE 8.05.07; SEE ALSO LEWIS V. SUPERIOR COURT, 19 CAL.4TH 1232, 1247 (1999). NOTICE TO ALL PARTIES OF A REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT AND THE GROUNDS UPON WHICH ARGUMENT IS BEING REQUESTED MUST BE MADE BY PHONE CALL OR IN PERSON BY 4:00 P.M. ON THE DAY THE TENTATIVE RULING IS ISSUED. CAL. RULE CT. 3.1308; LOCAL RULE 8.05.07.
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