Zeng

Zeng v. Wang CA1/5

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMarch 26, 2024A166681California3,043 words

Opinion

Opinion

Chou, J.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Father and Mother married in 2005 and have a minor daughter (Daughter). They divorced pursuant to a Judgment of Dissolution entered in Orange County Superior Court in March 2013. After the divorce, Mother moved to Pennsylvania for work. Father refused to let Daughter move to Pennsylvania with Mother unless Mother signed a parenting plan that he proposed. Mother signed the plan, which was filed in Orange County Superior Court in June 2014 as a stipulation and order. After Daughter joined Mother in Pennsylvania, Mother and Father began to modify the plan orally, and they have not followed it since. In 2017, Mother and Daughter moved to Sonoma County with Father’s permission. Over the years, Daughter spent summer vacations and some holidays with Father in San Diego. In July 2021, when Daughter was scheduled to return to Mother in Santa Rosa, Father refused to return Daughter and instead unilaterally enrolled her in a new school in San Diego. Mother filed an emergency petition in Orange County Superior Court. By order dated August 13, 2021, that court directed that Daughter be returned to Mother, that Daughter attend school in Santa Rosa to maintain…

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