Marriage of Partida and Corpus CA4/1

DISCUSSION

Mother contends the court erred in accepting the modified coparenting schedule

prepared by FCS. She says that the schedule is contrary to her child's best interests and

that it provides too much visitation time for Father. She also argues that the court erred

in refusing to accept that she had a valid excuse for missing the second mediation session.

I. General Appellate Law Principles

Mother is not represented by an attorney in this appeal. However, unrepresented

litigants are held to the same standards as attorneys. (Rappleyea v. Campbell (1994)

Cal.4th 975, 984-985; Kobayashi v. Superior Court (2009) 175 Cal.App.4th 536, 543.)

It is a fundamental rule of appellate law that the lower court's ruling is presumed

to be correct. We are required to make all reasonable inferences favoring the court's

order, and affirm the judgment if any possible grounds exist for the trial court to have

reached its factual conclusions. (Gee v. American Realty & Construction, Inc. (2002)

Cal.App.4th 1412, 1416.) As the party seeking reversal, the appellant has the burden to

3 provide an adequate record to overcome the presumption of correctness and…