Marriage of Karen and Jason H. CA4/2

BACKGROUND

Jason moved to vacate the court’s orders under Code of Civil Procedure section

473 and Family Code sections 2121 and 2122. The motion sought relief from the court’s

“financial orders and judgments” but did not identify any challenged order with

specificity. Jason asserted that the court lacked jurisdiction to make the orders and that

Karen had procured the orders through fraud and perjury. The motion also alleged that

the superior court judge who had presided over this case, Judge James T. Warren (Ret.),

should have recused himself because of “strong potential conflicts of interest.” Jason

claimed that Karen had been in “constant and repeated direct professional association

with Judge Warren” in her capacity as a paralegal for a divorce lawyer.

A prior appeal in this matter involved proceedings under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (DVPA) (Fam. Code, § 6200 et seq.), so we referred to the parties by first name and last initial to protect Karen H.’s privacy interests. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.90(b)(1) & (11); In re Marriage of Karen and Jason H. (Aug. 21, 2019, E068153) [nonpub. opn.].) We continue to refer to the parties by first name and last…