Ohmer v. Superior Court

Opinion

BEACH, J.

Nature of Proceeding:

Petitioner, mother of child, seeks to restrain the trial court from proceeding with hearing upon an order to show cause obtained by the father of the child to modify prior child custody order. Petitioner claims the trial court improperly denied her third request for continuance of the hearing and denied her the right of cross-examination of the trial court’s custody investigator and of the trial court’s panel psychiatrist. We deny the petition and discharge the alternative writ.

Procedural Background:

On August 31, 1982, father of child petitioned for an…