Marriage of Christian and Tammy J
Filed 2/23/06 Marriage of Christian and Tammy J. CA1/4
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION FOUR
| In re the Marriage of CHRISTIAN and TAMMY J. | |
| CHRISTIAN J., Respondent, v. TAMMY B., Appellant. | A111715 (Marin County Super. Ct. No. FL 020883) |
Appellant Tammy B. (Mother) moved to modify child visitation arrangements that Mother claimed were not in the best interest of the parties' daughters. (Fam. Code, §§ 3011, 3021, 3100.) The modification motion was pending for two years, during which time allegations of child abuse against respondent Christian J. (Father) were raised. The allegations included a psychologist's report that one of the children complained of sexual abuse. Mother refused Father visitation until all abuse allegations were resolved. In response to the abuse allegations, law enforcement officers in Wyoming (where Mother and the children reside) placed the children in protective custody, released them to their Mother's custody, and refused Father unsupervised visitation.
In determining Mother's modification motion, the family court referred the matter to Family Court Services for a recommendation but did not order a Family Code section 3118 (section 3118) child sexual abuse evaluation. The court subsequently denied the modification motion and enforced the original visitation schedule. The court also denied Mother's request for attorneys fees and sanctioned Mother $23,000 because she â€
