De Martini v. Superior Court (2024) A168529 A168529; filed 1/22/24. ![[Files/CaseFiles/A168529.PDF]] [Opinion PDF](https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/archive/A168529.PDF) ## Rule excerpts Code of Civil Procedure sections 405.36 and 405.32; the second lis pendens concerned the same claimant and property in a new action. > In doing so, the Legislature made clear claimants were required to obtain court leave before a second notice of pending action could be filed following the expungement of a first notice involving the same claimant and property. — De Martini v. Superior Court (2024) A168529, slip op., p. 9. > The trial court must order a lis pendens be expunged if the claimant fails to establish by a preponderance of the evidence the probable validity of the real property claim. (§ 405.32.) — De Martini v. Superior Court (2024) A168529, slip op., p. 10.