Enriquez

BACKGROUND

Enriquez and respondent Yelena Sholokhova have a minor child together. In January 2023, Sholokhova obtained an ex parte temporary emergency order granting her sole physical and legal custody of the child and terminating visitation between Enriquez and the child. The ex parte order was based on Sholokhova’s allegation that Enriquez had abducted the child by taking the child to Mexico. At subsequent hearings on March 6, 2023, and April 24, 2023, the trial court continued the temporary

1 order granting sole custody of the child to Sholokhova with no visitation for Enriquez.

At the April 24, 2023 hearing, Enriquez informed the court that he “would like to postpone this case . . . [while] maintaining the emergency orders that were issued,” pending the resolution of criminal charges against him. Based on Enriquez’s agreement to maintain the existing temporary custody order, the court awarded Sholokhova sole legal and physical custody of the child with no visitation to father. The court made clear that “these are not permanent orders” and “[t]hey are not final.” The court also ordered that Sholokhova’s counsel draft the findings and order after the hearing for the court’s…