Margarita N Prikhodko v. Alexander Kamil

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

5) 6 MARGARITA N PRIKHODKO,) Case Number: FMS-20-387303) 7 Petitioner) Hearing Date: May 14, 2026) 8 VS.) Hearing Time: 9:00 AM) 9 ALEXANDER KAMIL,) Department: 404) 10 Respondent) Presiding: AI MORI) 11) 12 REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGE TEMPORARY EMERGENCY ORDER, CHILD CUSTODY, 13 VISITATION (PARENTING TIME), ORDER SHORTENING TIME TRANSFER BENEFITS/ 14 MODIFICATION CUSDODY ORDERS 15 TENTATIVE RULING 16

17 The parties are ordered to appear at 9am on 5/14/2026 in Department 404 in person or via Zoom 18 video. If a party chooses to appear by Zoom, that party must abide by the Notice and Instructions 19 for Remote Appearance in San Francisco Family Court set forth above 20

21 A. Procedural History 22 1) Petitioner Margarita Prikhodko (Mother) and Respondent Alexander Kamil (Father) have one 23 minor child together, Thomas (DOB 2/14/2011, age 16). Pursuant to a Stipulation and Order filed 24 5/4/2020, the parties have shared joint legal and joint physical custody of Thomas on a week-on, 25 week-off schedule. In the 5/4/2020 Stipulation and Order, the parties also agreed to open a joint 26 brokerage account to cover Thomas’s expenses and for each party to place $500 per month into 27 the account. 28 2) On 4/17/2026, Father filed an ex parte request for sole legal and sole physical custody of Thomas. 29 He states that on 3/1/2026, Mother “unilaterally surrendered custody” of Thomas to him after

1 Thomas, who is “severely disable[d],” “completely non-verbal,” and “requires 24-hour 2 supervision,” became aggressive, attacked Mother, and bit her, and Mother “completely lost 3 control over him.” Father states he has been providing around-the-clock care for Thomas since 4 3/1/2026. He states he needs a custody and parenting time order so that he can receive In Home 5 Support Services (IHSS) benefits for Thomas because Mother remains the authorized 6 representative on the IHSS case. Father also seeks an order preventing either party from 7 withdrawing funds from the joint brokerage account that they opened for Thomas.

The Court 8 denied Father’s ex parte request pending a hearing on 5/14/2026 on shortened time. 9 3) On 5/5/2026, Mother filed a response in which she states she initially had full custody of Thomas; 10 she states that for the first 11 years of Thomas’s life, her timeshare was 99% and that Father's was 11 1%. In 2020, after 3 years of “extreme violence” by Thomas against her, Mother filed a motion to 12 have Thomas placed in a mental hospital as she believed he was a threat and danger to himself 13 and others.

The matter was settled out of court, with the parties agreeing to share 50/50 custody 14 and to open a joint account for Thomas’s benefit, with each party putting $500 per month into the 15 account. She states that Thomas is now over 6’2” and wears XL men’s clothes and size 13 shoes. 16 She states his behavior has worsened dramatically and that he bit a large chunk of flesh and 17 muscle out of her left forearm, causing her permanent disfigurement and nerve damage. In 18 addition, he regularly sexually assaults Mother and engages in self harm, smashing his head 19 against walls until there are holes in the walls.