Farmer

Farmer v. Collins CA2/4

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaDecember 23, 2021B302578California7,906 words

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Opinion

INTRODUCTION

Appellant-father Shawn Collins appeals from an August 2019 judgment entered after trial, awarding primary physical custody of his daughter Alyssa (then 11 years old) to Alyssa’s mother, respondent Erica Farmer.1 Father contends numerous errors occurred in the proceedings below. Specifically he argues: (a) the court erred in November 2017, in ordering him to undergo hair follicle drug testing; (b) the court erred in December 2017 and January 2018, in granting Mother’s ex parte request to alter Alyssa’s custody arrangements based on his failure to submit to hair follicle testing; (c) the court denied Father due process by receiving into evidence at the April 2019 trial a custody evaluation report; (d) the court failed in its duty to “recognize . . . collusion” between Mother’s counsel and the custody evaluator; (e) the court erred in denying Father’s request to continue the April 2019 trial; and (f) the court violated Father’s due process rights at trial in various ways. Father’s notice of appeal also claims he is appealing from an order denying a motion for a new trial. Because his brief is devoid of arguments as to why that order was erroneous, we deem that portion…

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