AMBER BACCHUS v. RAYSHAWN DOMINIQUE WARD SR

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

5) 6 AMBER BACCHUS,) Case Number: FDV-25-818805) 7 Petitioner) Hearing Date: May 7, 2026) 8 VS.) Hearing Time: 9:00 AM) 9 RAYSHAWN DOMINIQUE WARD SR,) Department: 404) 10 Respondent) Presiding: AI MORI) 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) Amber Bacchus (Mother) and Rayshawn Dominique Ward, Sr. (Father) have one minor child 18 together, Rayshawn, Jr. (DOB 2/14/2024, age 2). 19 2) On 12/31/2025, this Court denied Mother’s request for a domestic violence restraining order 20 against Father and granted her sole legal and sole physical custody of Rayshawn, Jr. The Court 21 ordered that beginning 1/6/2026, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Father shall pick up Rayshawn, Jr., 22 from daycare at 5pm and return him to Mother at 7pm at the SFPD Bayview Police Station. The 23 Court ordered that if the daycare hours change, Father shall pick up Rayshawn, Jr., at whatever 24 time daycare ends and return him 2 hours later to Mother at the SFPD Bayview Police Station. 25 The Court ordered that the parties may have peaceful written communication, only regarding their 26 child, and only through the Talking Parents app. The Court scheduled a review hearing for 27 4/20206, which was continued to 5/7/2026. 28 3) On 3/17/2026, Father filed an update declaration in which he states he is early to every visit and 29 communicates with Mother in a healthy, positive manner. He states he missed only one visitation

1 due to miscommunication regarding the exchange location (he therefore asks that exchanges 2 occur at Ingleside Police Station between 5pm and 5:30pm) and that the only other missed visits 3 were due to Rayshawn, Jr., having doctor’s appointments because he was sick. He states he 4 provides for Rayshawn, Jr., by purchasing diapers, clothing, and other items. He states that the 5 current schedule limits his ability to spend quality time with Rayshawn, Jr.; he therefore requests 6 joint legal and joint physical custody, with a 2-2-3 schedule or, in the alternative, from 5pm to 7 7pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays and alternating weekends, from Friday at 5pm to Sunday at 8 5pm. 9 4) On 5/1/2026, Father filed a supplemental declaration stating Mother has not allowed him to see 10 Rayshawn, Jr., for two weeks “on the alleged basis of him being sick.” He states he did not 11 receive a doctor’s note from Mother until after Rayshawn, Jr., had missed several days of daycare 12 and visits. Father believes Mother is alienating him from Rayshawn, Jr., and he reiterates his 13 request for joint legal custody and equal parenting time. In the alternative, he asks for Tuesdays 14 and Thursdays from 5pm to 7pm and alternating weekends, from Friday at 5pm to Monday at 15 8am. 16 5) Mother has not filed an update declaration as of the time of the tentative ruling. 17 B. Findings and Orders 18 1) This Court has jurisdiction to make child custody orders in this case under the Uniform Child 19 Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. A violation of this order may subject the party in 20 violation to civil or criminal penalties, or both. The country of habitual residence of the minor 21 child is the United States. 22 2) The parties shall appear in person or via Zoom video at 9am on 5/7/2026 in Department 23 404. 24