Claudia Elizabeth Pineda Mendoza v. Ronald Dagoberto Escalante Castillo

1 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 2 COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 3 UNIFIED FAMILY COURT 4

5) 6 CLAUDIA ELIZABETH PINEDA MENDOZA,) Case Number: FPT-25-378774) 7 Petitioner) Hearing Date: April 21, 2026) 8 VS.) Hearing Time: 9:00 AM) 9 RONALD DAGOBERTO ESCALANTE) Department: 403) 10 CASTILLO,) Presiding: BOBBY P. LUNA) 11 Respondent) 12 REQUEST FOR ORDER OF TEMPORARY EMERGENCY ORDER, CHILD CUSTODY, 13 VISITATION (PARENTING TIME), ORDER SHORTENING TIME 14 TENTATIVE RULING 15 Having read and considered the pleadings, declarations, and other evidence submitted in this matter, the 16 Court makes the following findings and orders: 17 A.

Procedural History 18 1) The parties are Petitioner Claudia Elizabeth Pineda Mendoza (Mother) and Respondent Ronal 19 Dagoberto Escalante Castillo (Father). They share one minor child: Arleth Pineda (DOB: 20 08/31/22). 21 2) On December 12, 2025, Mother filed an ex parte application seeking sole legal and sole physical 22 custody of the minor child with no visitation to Father. The Court denied Mother’s ex parte 23 application but set the matter on an Order Shortening Time (OST) for service and hearing on 24 December 29, 2025. 25 3) On December 29, 2025, the Court continued the matter to February 2, 2026 for lack of service. 26 4) On February 2, 2026, the Court referred the parties to Family Court Services (FCS) Mediation on 27 February 17, 2026 and set the matter for return hearing on April 14, 2026. 28 5) At the prior 4/14/26 hearing, the matter was continued to 4/21/26 on the Court’s own motion due 29 to lack of a Spanish interpreter.

1 B. Findings and Order 2 1) This Court has jurisdiction to make child custody orders in this case under the Uniform Child 3 Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. A violation of this order may subject the party in 4 violation to civil or criminal penalties, or both. The country of habitual residence of the minor 5 child(ren) is the United States. 6 2) Mother shall have sole legal custody and sole physical custody of the minor child. 7 3) Father shall have no visitation with the minor child pending further order of the Court. 8 4) The Court will prepare the Findings and Order After Hearing. 9

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