Wong v. Simpson CA1/3 ( 2015 )

Filed 12/3/15 Wong v. Simpson CA1/3
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION THREE
KEN WONG,
Plaintiff and Appellant,
A145971
v.
RAOUL R.L. SIMPSON, (San Mateo County
Super. Ct. No. FAM0122005)
Defendant and Respondent.
The motion to dismiss the appeal filed by respondent Raoul R.L. Simpson is
granted based on the lack of standing of appellant Ken Wong. Under California law,
“ ‘one who is legally ‘aggrieved’ by a judgment may become a party of record and obtain
a right to appeal by moving to vacate the judgment pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure
section 663. [Citations.]’ ” (People v. Hy-Lond Enterprises, Inc. (1979) 93 Cal.App.3d
734, 745.) Here, it does not appear that appellant Ken Wong was a party to the
underlying marital dissolution proceedings at the time the order being appealed from was
made.1 Moreover, even assuming appellant Ken Wong is “legally aggrieved” by the
challenged order, he failed to make a motion in the superior court to vacate this order in
compliance with Code of Civil Procedure section 663. Thus, in the absence of any
evidence that appellant Ken Wong was a proper party to the proceedings between Raoul
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The court records of the San Mateo Superior Court reflect that Ken Wong was not
added as a claimant in the marital dissolution proceedings until August 12, 2015, two
days after Wong filed the notice of appeal in this court.
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Simpson and Vanessa Jade Wong when the order from which he purports to appeal was
made, we agree with respondent that dismissal is appropriate.
Accordingly, the appeal filed by appellant Ken Wong is dismissed. The cross-
appeal filed by Vanessa Jade Wong may proceed at this time.
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Jenkins, J.
We concur:
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McGuiness, P. J.
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Pollak, J.
Ken Wong v. Raoul R.L. Simpson, A145971
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