Marriage of Halamandaris CA4/2

FACTS

Catherine Beacom-Halamandaris and Chris Halamandaris are married and live in

Corona. In July 2020, Catherine filed a request for a domestic violence restraining order

against Chris. However, because the appellate record contains neither her supporting

declaration nor a reporter’s transcript of the evidentiary hearing, we don’t know the

Unlabeled statutory citations refer to the Family Code. 2 substance of her allegations. In any event, on October 15, 2020, after a four-day trial,

Riverside County Superior Court Judge Dorothy McLaughlin concluded Catherine had

failed to meet her burden of proof and denied her request.

On December 17, 2020, Chris filed a request for attorney fees of $38,395 as the 2 prevailing party under section 6344. Chris’s attorney, James R. Parke, Certified Family

Law Specialist, submitted a declaration in support of the request. Parke said he was a

partner at the law firm of Holstrom, Block & Parke, and had served as the managing

attorney on the case. He said that from the time Chris had retained his firm “on July 31,

2020 until October 15, 2020, the date on which the Court dismissed [Catherine’s]

domestic violence request, [his client]…