S.M. v. E.P.

Opinion

AARON, J.—

I

INTRODUCTION

Appellant S.M. and respondent E.P. are the parents of a toddler, C.M. S.M. and E.P. met in San Diego and lived together in San Diego, on and off, for approximately five years before C.M. was bom. In 2008, around the time E.P. became pregnant with C.M., the couple began having difficulties, and E.P. eventually returned to her home state of Iowa to give birth. She returned to San Diego a few months later with C.M. so that she and S.M. could work on their relationship.

Approximately eight months after C.M. was bom, S.M. filed a paternity and custody action in…