Faton

Filed 4/22/15; pub. order 5/15/15 (see end of opn.)

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SINA FATON, D066119

Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. DV037475)

BASHAR AHMEDO,

Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Edlene C.

McKenzie, Patricia Guerrero, Judges. Affirmed.

Sina Faton, in pro. per., for Respondent.

Carl M. Hancock for Appellant.

Bashar Ahmedo appeals from an order requiring him to pay attorney fees incurred

by Sina Faton to obtain a domestic violence restraining order against him. He asserts the

fee award was improper because the fees were not requested in a timely or proper manner

and they were unsupported by the evidence. We reject these contentions and affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

As we shall detail below, Ahmedo and Faton initially represented themselves in

the proceedings before the trial court, which solely concerned the issue of a Domestic

Violence Restraining Order (DVRO). The trial court granted a DVRO against Ahmedo;

Ahmedo subsequently obtained counsel and filed a motion…