California Court of Appeal

Trial court's postjudgment order awarding sole legal custody to the mother of the parents' child is reversed and remanded where: 1) the court erred by refusing to remove an Evidence Code section 730 evaluator for bias and then relying on the evaluator's biased report in awarding the mother sole legal custody of the child; and 2) the court erred by denying father's motion for the appointment of a special master and father's request for a determination of the reasonableness of the 730 evaluator's fees.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/16/2012
• Published 10/16/2012

Judges

• Ikola

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel