Marriage of Lopez CA4/1

DISCUSSION

1. Procedural Issues Appellant bears the burden of providing an adequate record to support his claims of error. (Jameson v. Desta (2018) 5 Cal.5th 594, 609.) California Rules of Court, Rule 8.120(b) 2 requires appellant to provide a reporter’s transcript, agreed statement, or settled statement for any issue that “requires consideration of the oral proceedings in the superior court.” Appellant’s contentions as to the restraining order issue appear to require such consideration and the court’s order denying the restraining order notes that testimony was taken. Yet the record contains no reporter’s transcript, agreed statement, or settled statement pertaining to the challenged rulings. Appellant was specifically warned of this problem in connection with two of his prior appeals in this matter. (In re Marriage of Lopez (May 26, 2020, G057379) [nonpub. opn.]; In re Marriage of Lopez (Sept. 30, 2020, G057649) [nonpub. opn.].) Appellant’s motion to augment the record does not cure these issues. Instead, it seeks to add to the record transcripts of hearings on April 28, 2019, May 17, 2019, July 17, 2019, and November 18, 2020, none of which resulted in the orders challenged by…