Kevin Q. v. Lauren W.

The litigation between these parties began some four years ago, in March 2007, when Kevin Q. filed a petition to be declared the father of Lauren W.’s son under the Uniform Parentage Act (UPA) (Fam. Code, § 7600 et seq.). 1 The trial court entered a paternity judgment in Kevin’s favor, which we reversed. (Kevin Q. v. Lauren W. (2009) 175 Cal.App.4th 1119 [ 95 Cal.Rptr.3d 477 ].)

In this appeal, Lauren challenges the court’s denial of her motion for a court order requiring Kevin to pay Lauren’s outstanding attorney fees. 2 Lauren contends the court’s denial of her fee request was erroneous under sections 7605 and 7640, the attorney fee statutes that expressly apply to UPA *636 cases. She also argues the court erred by relying, at least in part, on section 2032, an attorney fee statute applicable to marital dissolution cases. We affirm the court’s order.

FACTS

In December 2009, Lauren moved the court to order Kevin to pay her outstanding attorney fees incurred in the two consolidated cases between them. In a supporting declaration, Lauren’s counsel, Debra Opri, declared: Prior to an April 9, 2008 court hearing on attorney fees (the 2008 hearing), Lauren had owed Opri &…