Marriage of Cheung and Mak CA1/5

BACKGROUND

Our opinion from a previous appeal in this case recounted the following relevant background: “In earlier proceedings, the marriage of Mak and respondent Wendy Cheung was formally terminated, custody of their child was awarded to Cheung, and Mak was granted certain visitation rights. Judgment issued in April 2011. [¶] In 2011, the child (then 11 years old) stopped attending the visitation sessions because the child no longer wanted to see Mak. In December 2011, the trial court appointed a reunification therapist for the child to determine whether it would be in the best interest of the child to engage in reunification with Mak at that time. The December 2011 order provided for Mak to pay the full cost of the reunification therapy. Mak paid for some, but not all, of the therapy

1 costs; the unpaid amount was $720.” (In re Marriage of Cheung and Mak (Dec. 12, 2013, A138276) [nonpub. opn.].) In December 2012, Mak filed a motion to modify custody and visitation arrangements, and to modify the order requiring Mak to pay the reunification therapist’s costs to provide the cost be shared between Mak and Cheung. In May 2013, the trial court held a one day trial on Mak’s motion.…