County of Los Angeles v. Floyd CA2/8

BACKGROUND

Floyd and Tiffany Wade are the parents of Wynter Sydney Floyd. The County sought child support payments from Floyd by way of a complaint filed on March 18, 2011, which Floyd answered on November 28, 2011. On February 10, 2012, the County moved for judgment. The matter was assigned to a commissioner. Floyd timely objected to the commissioner hearing the matter as a temporary judge. The commissioner issued her findings and recommendations under Family Code section 42511 on August 28, 2012. The commissioner recommended Floyd be ordered to pay monthly child support of $679 beginning September 1, 2012, and found he owed $11,543 in past child support for the period from April 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012. On September 5, 2012, Floyd noticed an objection to the findings and recommendations issued by the commissioner and requested the matter be set for a de novo hearing before a superior court judge. A hearing for a case review was set in the judge’s courtroom in the Superior Court on September 18, 2012, but it was taken off calendar because the parties failed to appear. However, there is no indication the parties were provided notice of the hearing. No further hearings were…