Sisson

BACKGROUND

Defendant has elected to proceed on a clerk’s transcript. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.120.) As a result, the appellate record does not include a reporter’s transcript of the hearings that gave rise to the order challenged in this appeal. This is referred to as a “judgment roll” appeal. (Allen v. Toten (1985) 172 Cal.App.3d 1079, 1082-1083 (Allen); Krueger v. Bank of America (1983) 145 Cal.App.3d 204, 207.) From the scant record on appeal, we glean the following: Plaintiff and defendant had, at one time, been involved in a domestic relationship, the exact nature of which is unclear. According to a proof of personal service filed with the court, defendant was personally served on August 23, 2012, with the following documents: a notice of court hearing (Judicial Council Forms, form DV-109), a request for domestic violence restraining order (Judicial Council Forms, form DV-100), a blank response to request for domestic violence restraining order (Judicial Council Forms, form DV-120), and a temporary restraining order (Judicial Council Forms, form DV- 110). On September 10, 2012, both plaintiff and defendant attended a hearing wherein plaintiff was granted a temporary…