Scognamillo

INTRODUCTION

Appellant Thu Suong Hoang (Mother) appeals from a judgment establishing parental relationship and determining custody and visitation between her and respondent Frank Joseph Scognamillo (Father), over their minor daughter, Hailey. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Father initiated this action with a petition to establish parental relationship, child custody and visitation over then-six-year-old Hailey on June 18, 2009.1 He sought legal and physical custody over Hailey, with visitation for Mother. In his supporting declaration, he indicated that the precipitating factor for his petition was Mother’s intention to move away from the San Pedro area, where they had lived and where Hailey attended school, to the Riverside area. Father filed an ex parte application for an order to show cause on July 7, 2009, requesting legal and primary physical custody of Hailey and an order that Mother not remove Hailey from Los Angeles County or enroll her in school in Riverside County pending a hearing in the case. Mother filed a responsive declaration requesting that Hailey be released to her and “temporary legal and physical custody pursuant to status quo of de facto…