Wright

BACKGROUND

Our discussion of the proceedings below is necessarily detailed because of the procedural challenges the parties asserted below. Philip and Iuliia married in February 2019 and separated 18 days later. During the subsequent dissolution proceeding, Iuliia requested a domestic violence restraining order against Philip. The family law court denied the request. Philip moved for prevailing party fees and costs under Family Code section 6344. On March 3, 2022, the court granted Philip’s motion,

Because the parties share a last name, we refer to them by their first names. No disrespect is intended. This is the second appeal we have considered in this matter. In the first, we reversed another sanctions order as well as an order disqualifying Volkov as Iuliia’s counsel. (Wright v. Wright (Aug. 23, 2024, B330901) [nonpub. opn.].)

2 awarding him $101,855.65. We will refer to that order as the fees order. Iuliia filed a notice of appeal from the fees order on April 18, 2022.

1. Iuliia’s motion to set aside the fees order On August 29, 2022, while the appeal from the fees order was pending, Iuliia filed in the family law court a notice of intention to move for an order…