A.C.

DISCUSSION

A. Court Reporter R.C. contends the family court prejudicially erred in failing to provide him with a court reporter at trial despite his counsel’s request. We disagree. Courts are generally not required to provide a court reporter in family law proceedings upon a party’s request unless the party is entitled to a fee waiver. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.956(b)(3), (c)(2), (e)(1); Jameson v. Desta (2018) 5 Cal.5th 594, 623 (Jameson).) Under rule 10.15.E. of the Placer County Superior Court Local Rules, a party must submit the request for a court reporter no less than three days prior to the

2 proceeding.1 R.C.’s request was untimely because it was made one day before trial started. R.C.’s reliance on Jameson is misplaced. Jameson held that a trial court’s general policy of not providing a court reporter in most civil cases must include an exception for fee waiver recipients to ensure them the availability of a verbatim record of the trial court proceedings. (Jameson, supra, 5 Cal.5th at p. 623.) R.C. does not challenge the family court’s general policy on court reporters; nor did he claim to be a fee waiver recipient in his court reporter request. Thus, he was not…