Kilrain

DISCUSSION

A motion for judgment on the pleadings functions as a general demurrer. (Sykora v. State Dept. of State Hospitals (2014) 225 Cal.App.4th 1530, 1534.) “Consequently, when considering a motion for judgment on the pleadings, ‘[a]ll facts alleged in the complaint are deemed admitted . . . .’” (Ibid., quoting Lance Camper Manufacturing Corp. v. Republic Indemnity Co. (1996) 44 Cal.App.4th 194, 198.) “We review de novo an order granting a motion for judgment on the pleadings. [Citation.] We review the judgment and not the trial court’s reasoning.” (Lowry v. Port San Luis Harbor Dist. (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th 211, 217.) We affirm for two reasons. First, appellant forfeited any argument of error “by failing to comply with the applicable rules of appellate procedure.” (L.O. v. Kilrain (2023) 96 Cal.App.5th 616, 619.) “[T]he California Rules of Court expressly require appellate briefs to ‘[s]tate each

3 point . . . and support each point by argument and, if possible, by citation of authority’ and to ‘[s]upport any reference to a matter in the record by a citation to the volume and page number of the record where the matter appears.’” (Id. at p. 620, quoting Cal. Rules of Court,…