Lopez

BACKGROUND

In March 2023, David Lopez filed a petition to determine the parentage of Solis’s

daughter, Sky S., who was born in 2011. Lopez requested joint legal custody and

visitation if he was found to be Sky’s father. Solis opposed the petition, contending that

Lopez was not Sky’s father.

According to the superior court docket, the trial court awarded Solis sole legal and

physical custody of Sky on August 30, 2023, and ordered therapeutic contact between

Sky and Lopez. The record on appeal does not contain a reporter’s transcript of that

hearing.

In September 2023, Lopez signed Judicial Council Forms, form FL-235

(Advisement and Waiver of Rights Re: Determination of Parental Relationship) and

acknowledged: “I understand that if I admit that I am the parent of the children in this

action that those children will be my children for legal purposes,” including child

support. He also acknowledged: “I understand that I am admitting that I am the parent of

the children named in the stipulation . . . .”

In February 2024, Solis filed a request for child support for Sky from Lopez in the

child support guideline amount of $832 per month. Solis requested that the court…