Marriage of Zayas-Alvarez and Alvarez-Cabanillas CA4/1

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This marriage dissolution proceeding was instituted on March 4, 2022, when Dulce Maria Zayas-Alvarez filed a petition for dissolution against Alvarez-Cabanillas. On March 18, 2024, Alvarez-Cabanillas filed a request for order in which he sought to transfer venue from the San Diego County Superior Court’s South County Division to that court’s Central Division. Alvarez- Cabanillas did not include his request for order in the appellate record, although the existence of that filing is noted in the Register of Actions. After a hearing held on September 19, 2024, the trial court issued an order on October 15, 2024, in which it denied the request to transfer venue, finding no good cause to do so. Alvarez-Cabanillas filed a notice of appeal on December 10, 2024, from the trial court’s October 15, 2024 order. In his appellate brief, Alvarez- Cabanillas argues that the trial court erred in denying his request to transfer venue. He contends venue should have been transferred due to the trial court’s “extreme bias” against him, which would make it impossible for him to receive a “fair proceeding” without a change in venue. Zayas-Alvarez has not filed a…