Pulido

Pulido v. Froelich CA4/1

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMarch 30, 2026D084988California3,018 words

Opinion

Opinion

Rubin, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

Appellant Kevin Pulido (Father) appeals the trial court’s orders granting respondent Tarah Froelich (Mother) a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) and denying Father’s request for a DVRO, awarding Mother sole legal and physical custody of their minor child, and ordering Father to pay child support and attorney fees. Representing himself on appeal, Father contends (1) the orders are not supported by substantial evidence because they are based on Mother’s allegedly perjured testimony, and (2) the trial court erred by excluding a video that Father secretly recorded of Mother in which she allegedly admitted she physically abused Father. On the appellate record before us, Father has not met his burden as the appellant to demonstrate reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the orders.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Father and Mother began dating in 2022 and had a child (Child) together in January 2023. Father and Mother never married. On June 10, 2024, Father filed a petition seeking equal custody of Child. That same day, Mother applied for and was granted a temporary domestic violence restraining order against Father. Three days later, Father applied…

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