Dunn v. Cometa

How courts have described this case

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• ruling 20 that a former spouse’s tort claims for breach of fiduciary duty and negligence did not fall under the 21 domestic relation exception although they were related to family affairs
• affirming abstention where the “claims are based upon conduct in a family context” and the case “presents purely state law claims,” among other factors
• overturning a district court’s 24 1 ruling dismissing a tort suit related to family affairs because it did not grant or alter a divorce, 2 alimony or child custody decree
• abstention was appropriate in case of tort claims based on former wife’s management of former husband’s care, insurance, and property during period when former husband was incapacitated

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).