Berghuis

I. BACKGROUND

James and Aubrey were apparently married for some period of time.2 They had a daughter, B., who was born in July 2009. They separated when B. was a toddler and eventually divorced. James was convicted of various white-collar crimes in 2013 and sentenced to 14 years in federal prison. He served part of his sentence at a federal prison in Lompoc, California (Lompoc) and part at a federal prison camp in Taft, California (Taft). A. The Request for Orders Aubrey filed a request for orders for child custody and visitation (Judicial Council form FL-311) on December 29, 2016, when James was still incarcerated (request for orders). The request for orders sought to terminate James’s visitation rights and award sole physical and legal custody of B. to Aubrey. The request for orders was accompanied by a declaration regarding address verification (Judicial Council form FL-334), which was signed by Aubrey (address verification). The address verification indicated, by means of a checked box, that Aubrey had contacted James within the past 30 days, and he had given her “the above address.” The form was incomplete, however, as the space provided for an address was left blank.…