Review Hearing
1 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 2 COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 3 UNIFIED FAMILY COURT 4
5) 6 LARS B AMBLE,) Case Number: FMS-16-386886) 7 Petitioner) Hearing Date: June 4, 2026) 8 VS.) Hearing Time: 9:00 AM) 9 ANTONIA TRIVYZA,) Department: 403) 10 Respondent) Presiding: BOBBY P. LUNA) 11) 12 OTHER REVIEW HEARING 13 TENTATIVE RULING 14 Having read and considered the pleadings, declarations, and other evidence submitted in this matter, the 15 Court makes the following findings and orders: 16 A. Procedural History 17 1) The parties are Petitioner Lars B Amble (Father) and Respondent Antonia Trivyza (Mother). 18 They share one minor child: Kai Benjamin Amble (DOB: 09/24/12). 19 2) On October 23, 2025, Father filed a Request for Order seeking modification of custody and 20 visitation and Family Code section 271 sanctions for attorney’s fees and costs.
Father requests the 21 following orders: 22 a. Sole legal custody; 23 b. Sole physical custody; 24 c. Modification of parenting time such that Mother has parenting time on alternate 25 weekends from Friday to Sunday; 26 d. In the alternative, a custody evaluation or a brief focused assessment to “shed light on the 27 custody arrangement;” and 28 e. $15,000 in Family Code section 271 sanctions for attorney’s fees and costs. See attorney 29 declaration filed October 23, 2025.
1 3) On November 14, 2025, Mother filed a Responsive Declaration to Father’s October 23, 2025, 2 Request for Order. 3 4) On January 16, 2026, Father filed a Reply Declaration, which has been read and considered by 4 the Court. 5 5) On January 16, 2026, a Declaration of Erica Whitelaw was filed, which has been read and 6 considered by the Court. 7 6) On January 16, 2026, a Declaration of Autumn Teeter was filed, which has been read and 8 considered by the Court. 9 7) On January 16, 2026, a Declaration of Hatun Noguera was filed, which has been read and 10 considered by the Court. 11 8) On January 29, 2026, the Court issued the following orders: 12 a.
Mother and Father shall continue to have joint legal custody. 13 b. Effective immediately, Father shall have sole physical custody. 14 c. Mother’s parenting time with the minor child shall be on the 1st, 3rd and 4th weekends of 15 each month from Friday after school until Sunday at 5:00 p.m. Mother shall pick up the 16 minor child after school on Fridays and Mother shall return the minor child to Father on 17 Sundays at 5:00 p.m., with the exchange to take place at the Starbucks located at the 18 intersection of Geary and Masonic in San Francisco, CA.
This schedule shall commence 19 on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., with the exchange at Starbucks. 20 d. The Court grants Mother’s request for a Tier II. 21 e. The parties shall return to Court on April 16, 2026 to review outcome of the Tier II 22 assessment. 23 9) On April 16, 2026, the Court issued the following orders: 24 a. Mother and Father shall continue to have joint legal custody of the minor child. 25 b. Effective immediately, the parties shall share joint physical custody of the minor child. 26 c.
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Effective immediately, the custodial schedule is altered to be a flexible schedule which 27 permits the minor to spend time at Mother’s or Father’s home at his own discretion. 28 Should the minor child wish to transfer from one party’s home to the other, each parent 29 shall take the steps necessary to facilitate that transfer.
1 d. The Court orders that the minor child will begin reconciliation therapy to address the 2 concerns raised by the minor child in the Tier II interview and the minor child’s 3 resistance to spending time with Father. 4 e. Father shall select the reconciliation therapist, and the selected therapist will work with 5 Father and the minor child. Both parties shall cooperate in full with the therapeutic 6 process as designed by the selected reconciliation therapist, based on his or her 7 determination of the minor child’s best interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the 8 reconciliation therapist shall discuss with Father when and if it becomes appropriate 9 and/or necessary to integrate Mother in the therapeutic process. That process shall not 10 include Mother directly without Father’s prior consent, absent a court order. 11 f. Both parties shall ensure that the minor child participates in, including attendance in all 12 appointments that take place on days that the minor child is in that party’s custodial care. 13 So, if the minor child is staying with Mother on the day of therapy, it is Mother’s 14 responsibility to ensure that the child is present for reconciliation therapy. 15 g.
Father shall advance the cost of reconciliation therapy and shall share the invoices and 16 payment history with Mother. Mother shall reimburse Father 25% of any therapeutic 17 expense not covered by insurance. 18 h. The parties shall return to Court on June 4, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., to confirm that a 19 reconciliation therapist has been selected and therapy has begun. 20 10) On May 26, 2026, Father filed a “Status Declaration of Petitioner Lars B. Amble for Review 21 Hearing Regarding Modification of Child Custody & Visitation,” which has been read and 22 considered by the Court. 23 B.
Findings and Order 24 1) This Court has jurisdiction to make child custody orders in this case under the Uniform Child 25 Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. A violation of this order may subject the party in 26 violation to civil or criminal penalties, or both. The country of habitual residence of the minor 27 child(ren) is the United States. 28 2) All existing orders remain in full force and effect. 29
1 3) Given Father’s May 26, 2026 declaration, the Court will continue the review hearing to 2 September 3, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., in Department 403. 3 4) Mother shall give the minor child physical and emotional space around the therapy sessions. 4 5) Both parties shall serve and file an update declaration with the Court no later than 10 days prior to 5 the next hearing, informing the Court of the progress and status of reconciliation therapy. 6 6) Counsel for Father shall prepare the Findings and Order After Hearing. 7 7) Preparation of Order: If you are directed by the court to prepare the order after hearing – within 8 10 calendar days of the hearing you must either: (a) Serve the proposed order to the other 9 party/counsel for approval, and follow the procedures set forth in CA Rules of Court, Rule 10 5.125(c), or (b) If the other party did not appear or the matter was uncontested, submit the 11 proposed order after hearing directly to the court. Failure to submit the order after hearing within 12 10 days may allow the other party to prepare a proposed order and submit it to the court in 13 accordance with CA Rules of Court, Rule 5.125(d). 14
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