County of Sacramento v. Miller CA3

FACTS AND HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS

January 13 hearing

A hearing was set for January 13, 2020, by the Yolo County Department of Child Support Services (County) as the local child support agency to modify father’s provision of child support for the couple’s two children. On January 3, 2020, Dolmo requested the hearing be continued. Her new attorney, Daryl Lander, was not available in January for a hearing. Dolmo also opposed reducing father’s child support obligation on the merits. The hearing was held on January 13. Plaintiff appeared on her own behalf without Lander. There was some confusion over whether Lander actually represented Dolmo. The court ordered Lander to file a proper substitution of attorney if he was going to represent Dolmo in this case. The trial court terminated father’s child support obligation effective November 1, 2019. Since custody and divorce issues were still pending in the dissolution action in Sacramento County, and because the time shared with the children was equal between both parents and both parents were not working, the court terminated support and reserved jurisdiction over the issue. Lander filed a notice of limited scope representation on…