REQUEST FOR ORDER OF RE: CHILD CUSTODY AND RELOCATION OF MINOR CHILDREN TO ATLANTA, GEORGIA
1 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 2 COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 3 UNIFIED FAMILY COURT 4
5) 6 KUSUM CHANRAI,) Case Number: FDI-24-800126) 7 Petitioner) Hearing Date: April 30, 2026) 8 VS.) Hearing Time: 9:00 AM) 9 SATYA PATEL,) Department: 403) 10 Respondent) Presiding: BOBBY P. LUNA) 11) 12 REQUEST FOR ORDER OF RE: CHILD CUSTODY AND RELOCATION OF MINOR CHILDREN 13 TO ATLANTA, GEORGIA 14 TENTATIVE RULING 15 The parties are ordered to appear. The parties may appear in person in Dept. 403 or remotely by 16 Zoom video. If a party chooses to appear by video, that party must abide by the Notice and 17 Instructions for Remote Appearances in San Francisco Family Court set forth above. 18 A.
Procedural History 19 1) The parties are Petitioner Kusum Chanrai (Mother) and Respondent Satya Patel (Father). There 20 are two minor children subject to this proceeding: Anya Patel (DOB: 12/18/17) and Kian Satya 21 Patel (DOB: 03/30/20). 22 2) On January 7, 2026, Father filed an emergency Request for Order seeking permission to relocate 23 with the minor children to Atlanta, GA. The matter was set for hearing on February 23, 2026. 24 3) On January 21, 2026, the parties entered into a stipulation and order for child custody and 25 visitation. 26 4) On February 23, 2026, the Court held a readiness hearing and referred the parties to Family Court 27 Services (FCS) Mediation on March 16, 2026 and set a return hearing on April 30, 2026. 28 5) On April 17, 2026, Mother filed a Responsive Declaration wherein she requests that the Court 29 deny Father’s request to relocate to Atlanta with the minor children.
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1 child custody evaluation. In addition, Mother requests a joint legal custody order and the 2 implementation of a 2-2-3 parenting schedule. 3 6) On April 23, 2026, Father filed a “Declaration of Kelly Robbins re: Availability of Custody 4 Evaluators,” which has been read and considered by the Court. 5 B. Findings and Order 6 1) This Court has jurisdiction to make child custody orders in this case under the Uniform Child 7 Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. A violation of this order may subject the party in 8 violation to civil or criminal penalties, or both. The country of habitual residence of the minor 9 child(ren) is the United States. 10 2) The parties are ordered to appear. 11
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