Molina v. Clark CA2/4
Curtis Lynn Clark appeals from a civil harassment restraining order issued against him after a hearing on a petition filed by respondent Itzel Molina under Code of Civil Procedure section 527.6. Molina filed two proofs of service and several declarations in advance of the hearing, during which the trial court heard testimony from Clark and two nonparty witnesses. On appeal, Clark failed to include Molina’s proofs of service and declarations in the clerk’s transcript, and elected to proceed without any record of the oral proceedings, including his and the other witnesses’ testimony. Clark contends the court erred in issuing the restraining order because: (1) he was not served with notice of the hearing; and (2) one of Molina’s proofs of service (which he falsely characterizes as her sole proof of service) was both defective and false. He fails, however, to provide an adequate record to review these contentions. “‘“[I]f the record is inadequate for meaningful review, the ap
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