Legal Question in Business Law in California

When planning our wedding my fiance and I decided to hire a wedding planner. At the time we had not decided on a venue and had discussed a wedding in Los Angeles or a destination wedding. About a month after signing the contract we decided on a venue in L.A., however, 2 months later we changed our minds and decided a destination wedding was what we really wanted to do. Upon informing our wedding planner some issues arose.

Our wedding planner stated we need to pay her $1,000 as a "liquidation" of the original contract and redraft a new contract with her that has a destination wedding clause, because the original contract did not include this. She also stated that if we do not agree to this we need to pay her in full for the remainder of the contract and can no longer use her service.

Our contract stated that if we cancelled our wedding or her services then we would be responsible for paying the remaining balance owed to the wedding planner in full. However, we did not cancel our wedding and did not cancel her services.

What are our options in regards to the original contract as well as moving forward and holding her to that contract?


Asked on 11/09/11, 10:55 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony Roach Law Office of Anthony A. Roach

You did cancel the contract.

"About a month after signing the contract we decided on a venue in L.A., however, 2 months later we changed our minds and decided a destination wedding was what we really wanted to do."

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Answered on 11/09/11, 1:57 pm


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