Jordan Souza v. Sophia Burley

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

5) 6 JORDAN SOUZA,) Case Number: FLD-25-397296) 7 Petitioner) Hearing Date: June 18, 2026) 8 VS.) Hearing Time: 9:00 AM) 9 SOPHIA BURLEY,) Department: 403) 10 Respondent) Presiding: BOBBY P. LUNA) 11) 12 REQUEST FOR ORDER FOR CHANGE OF CHILD CUSTODY, VISITATION (PARENTING TIME) 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 Petitioner Jordan Souza (Father) and Respondent Sophia Burley (Mother).

There is 18 one minor child subject to this proceeding: Jaxen Souza (DOB: 03/13/22). 19 2) On July 7, 2025, the Juvenile Court issued a “Custody Order – Juvenile – Final Judgment” in 20 which Father was awarded sole legal and sole physical custody of the minor child. Mother was 21 given up to 5 hours of professionally supervised visits twice per week to be monitored by Rally 22 Family Services with a “step-up” plan envisioned by the Court. 23 3) On January 30, 2026, Mother filed a Request for Order seeking a modification of the existing 24 child custody and visitation orders.

Mother requests: 25 a. Wednesday/Thursday visits with J.S. from 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. 26 b. Increase to 1 overnight every week from Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. until Thursday at 8:00 27 p.m. plus an additional overnight each month until the parties reach a 50/50 schedule 28 after approximately 3 months as follows: 2-2-5-5 where Mother is the 29

1 Wednesday/Thursday parent and Petitioner is the Monday/Tuesday parent, and they 2 alternate weekends. 3 c. Exchanges to occur at Cameo House with Father responsible for coordinating pick-up 4 and drop-offs of the minor child. 5 d. Joint legal and joint physical custody. 6 e. Establishment of a holiday schedule. 7 4) On March 2, 2026, the Court held a readiness hearing and referred the parties to Family Court 8 Services (FCS) Mediation on March 26, 2026, and set a return hearing on April 30, 2026. 9 5) Father did not file an opposition to Mother’s motion. 10 6) On April 30, 2026, the parties appeared and the Court adopted its tentative ruling, with the 11 exception of B(2); B(6); and B(8).

The matter was continued to June 18, 2026 for determination 12 of Respondent’s request for legal and physical custody; holiday schedule; and to address the 13 potential for further modification of the existing orders. 14 7) On June 8, 2026, Mother filed a “Declaration of Sophia Burley re: Modification of Child 15 Custody and Parenting Time,” which has been read and considered by the Court. 16 8) June 16, 2026, counsel for Mother filed a “Status Update on Behalf of Petitioner Sophia Burley,” 17 which has been read and considered by the Court. 18 B.