WENJING MITSCHA v. ANDREW EDWARD MITSCHA

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

5) 6 WENJING MITSCHA,) Case Number: FDV-25-818435) 7 Petitioner) Hearing Date: April 28, 2026) 8 VS.) Hearing Time: 9:00 AM) 9 ANDREW EDWARD MITSCHA,) Department: 404) 10 Respondent) Presiding: DONNA PETRE) 11) 12 OTHER REVIEW HEARING 13 TENTATIVE RULING 14

15 The parties are ordered to appear. The parties may appear in person in Department 404 or 16 remotely by Zoom Video. If a party chooses to appear by video, that party must abide by the Notice 17 and Instructions for Remote Appearance in San Francisco Family Court set forth above. 18

19 Having read and considered the pleadings, declarations, and other evidence submitted in this matter, the 20 Court makes the following findings and orders: 21 A. Procedural History 22 1) On September 3, 2025, the Respondent Andrew Mitscha filed a Request for Order for a 23 Modification of the Domestic Violence Restraining Order issued against him so that he would be 24 allowed unsupervised visitation with his son Edward Mitscha (02/06/2022) on Saturdays from 25 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 26 2) On October 13, 2025, the parties appeared and were referred to Family Court Services for 27 mediation with a return date of January 13, 2026. 28 3) On December 30, 2025, the Mother fled a Memorandum of Points and Authorities stating that 29 pursuant to an order after hearing of her Domestic Violence Restraining Order Request, dated

1 December 18, 2024, the Father is to have professional supervised visits with his son for one hour 2 in San Francisco every two weeks and that he was to pay 100% of the cost. On November 21, 3 2025, the Mother alleges that a Criminal Protective Order was issued. She alleges that this order 4 prohibits all communication between her and the Father so that the “peaceful contact” exception

5 for court ordered visitation in the Domestic Violence Restraining Order would violate the 6 Criminal Protective Order and as such, she requests that the Domestic Violence Restraining Order 7 be amended to remove the exception for peaceful contact. 8 4) A hearing was held on January 13, 2026, and at its conclusion the court issued the following 9 orders: 10 a. All communications between the parents through Talking Parents is suspended. Father 11 may communicate with Petitioner’s counsel via email regarding family law matters 12 b. Father shall enroll in and attend the anger management class as previously ordered

13 c. The supervised vitiation orders shall continue. Father shall professionally supervised 14 visitation through Rally Visitation Services for one hour every other weekend subject to 15 Rally’s availability. Father shall pay all fees for Rally. Rally shall facilitate 16 communication with the parties to schedule the visitation. 17 d. Mother’s counsel shall mail and email any relevant previous orders to Father to ensure he 18 has the orders including the 11/6/2-24 Amended Restraining Order and 8/12/2024 Order 19 e. The Parties shall return for a review hearing on April 28, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.in Department 20 404.

21 f. All prior orders not in conflict with these orders shall remain in full force and effect. 22 5) On April 13, 2026, the Father filed a Declaration with the Court stating that he is currently 23 engaged in anger management classes and he would like his parents to be able to supervise his 24 visits with his son. 25 6) On April 20, 2026, the Mother and her attorney filed Declarations regarding communications 26 from the Father. 27 B. Findings and Order 28 1) This court has jurisdiction to make child custody orders in this case under the Uniform Child 29 Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. A violation of this order may subject the party in

1 violation to civil or criminal penalties, or both. The country of habitual residence of the minor 2 child(ren) is the United States. 3 2) The parties are ordered to appear. The parties may appear in person in Department 404 or 4 remotely by Zoom Video. If a party chooses to appear by video, that party must abide by

5 the Notice and Instructions for Remote Appearance in San Francisco Family Court set 6 forth above. 7

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