Marriage of Salas and Farraj CA2/7
In our prior opinion in this case we affirmed the award of attorney fees in the nature of sanctions to Edith Salas pursuant to Family Code section 271 but remanded the matter for the family law court to reduce the amount awarded by excluding fees incurred in connection with two aspects of the contested child custody proceedings between Salas and her former husband Ayman Farraj. (Salas v. Farraj (Sept. 1, 2015, B252053) [nonpub. opn.] (Salas I).) After examining billing statements from Salas’s attorneys, the court issued a revised fee order, reducing the original $123,087.50 award to $103,512.50.
On appeal Farraj argues the new fee order is not supported by substantial evidence. Farraj also contends the court abused its discretion by uncritically accepting the representations of Salas’s counsel concerning which billing entries to exclude, rather than conducting an independent analysis, as well as by denying his request for a continuance to permit him to more fully prepare his ca
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