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- Title: People v. Little
- Author : In the Court of Appeal of the State of California Sixth Appellate District
- Release Date : January 09, 2004
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 69 KB
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This case is a spin-off of the highly publicized and controversial litigation over the validity of "second-parent" adoptions in Sharon S. v. Superior Court (2003) 31 Cal.4th 417. In this matter, Sharon S. (Sharon) appeals from an order denying her special motion to strike a libel complaint filed against her by her former partner in a lesbian relationship, Annette F. (Annette). We conclude that Annettes complaint arises from protected speech activity by Sharon within the scope of the anti-SLAPP statute, and that Annette has failed to establish a probability of prevailing on her libel claim against Sharon. (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16, subds. (b)(1), (e).) Accordingly, we reverse the order denying Sharons special motion to strike the complaint and remand with directions to grant the motion and enter judgment in Sharons favor.