Adams

Facts” in his opening brief, providing no record citations in support of any sentence therein and a block of record citations at the end of the section. (Some capitalization omitted.) This block of record citations is effectively three citations—one to pages 2361–2537 of volume 10 of the appendix, one to pages 1786–2948 of volume 8, and one to pages 2660–2948 of volume 11. Adams’ closing brief is the same, no record citations within arguments, themselves, and at the end of a few sections of the brief, a block of record citations. “Rule 8.204(a)(1)(C) of the California Rules of Court requires all appellate briefs to ‘[s]upport any reference to a matter in the record by a citation to the volume and page number of the record where the matter appears.’ It is well established that ‘ “[i]f a party fails to support an argument with the necessary citations to the record, . . . the argument [will be] deemed to have been waived. [Citation.]” ’ [Citation.] This rule applies

2 to matters referenced at any point in the brief, not just in the statement of facts.” (Conservatorship of Kevin A. (2015) 240 Cal.App.4th 1241, 1253; accord, Shenouda v. Veterinary Medical Bd. (2018) 27 Cal.App.5th…