Bianchi

BACKGROUND

In 2014, Nina and Marc married in Texas. Their daughter (hereinafter Daughter) was born the same year. They soon went into debt, sold the house Marc owned in Texas, and went to live with Marc’s mother in San Mateo. The couple divorced in 2019. The stipulated judgment of dissolution awarded sole legal and primary physical custody of Daughter to Marc, with reasonable visitation by Nina. Nina subsequently moved to Southern California to live with a new romantic partner, D.A. She returned to San Mateo several times to visit Daughter, staying at the San Mateo house with Marc and his mother. Later in 2019, Nina and D.A. went their separate ways. Nina demanded to move back in with Marc and threatened to “ ‘turn [him] in for abuse’ ” if he refused. Marc and his mother agreed to let Nina stay for a few days—but she stayed for months. During that time, she made complaints about D.A. to the police and told Marc she was going to start fabricating and expanding on her story. Marc warned her he was “ ‘not going to perjure [him]self if there’s any kind of lawsuit,’ ” to which Nina replied, “ ‘Don’t worry. I’m going to kill you and take the $2 million [life insurance payment] before…