County of San Francisco v. James Williams Jones Jr

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

5) 6 COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO,) Case Number: FCS-17-352452) 7 Petitioner) Hearing Date: August 13, 2026) 8 VS.) Hearing Time: 9:00 AM) 9 JAMES WILLIAMS JONES JR,) Department: 403) 10 Respondent) Presiding: BOBBY P. LUNA) 11) 12 REVIEW HEARING 13 TENTATIVE RULING 14 The parties are ordered to appear. The parties may appear in person in Dept. 403 or remotely by 15 Zoom video. If a party chooses to appear by video, that party must abide by the Notice and 16 Instructions for Remote Appearances in San Francisco Family Court set forth above. 17 A.

Procedural History 18 1) The parties are Respondent James William Jones Jr. (Father) and Other Parent Kevisha Rhodes 19 (Mother). They share one minor child: Jase Jones (DOB: 01/03/17). 20 2) On October 28, 2025, Father filed an ex parte application seeking emergency orders for custody 21 and visitation. The Court issued the following orders: 22 a. Temporary joint legal and joint physical custody to both parents. 23 b. Mother to have parenting time every weekend from Friday at 5:00 p.m. – Sunday at 5:00 24 p.m.

Father to do the transportation. No third parties present during exchanges. 25 c. The parties shall not use corporal punishment. 26 d. These orders are temporary, pending the next hearing. 27 e. Matter continued to 11/05/25 to be heard along with Mother’s pending DVRO request. 28 3) On November 5, 2025, the Court continued the matter to January 6, 2026 to allow Mother to 29 serve her DVRO request on Father and to address Father’s custody/visitation requests.

1 4) On January 6, 2026, the parties appeared at hearing and the Court ordered: 2 a. Mother withdrew her request for Domestic Violence Restraining Order (DVRO). 3 b. Father shall allow Mother to have more open and available communication with the 4 minor child. 5 c. Current custody orders shall remain in effect with the addition that Mother shall have 6 custody of the minor child for the entirety of Spring Break 2026. For Summer 2026, 7 Mother shall have minor child on weekdays and Father shall have the minor child on 8 weekends. 9 d.

Mother’s request for a Tier II interview of the child is granted. 10 e. Matter continued to April 7, 2026. 11 5) On February 10, 2026, Mother filed a Supplemental Declaration, which has been read and 12 considered by the Court. 13 6) On March 24, 2026, Father filed a Supplemental Declaration, which has been read and considered 14 by the Court. 15 7) On March 25, 2026, Father filed an Update Declaration, which has been read and considered by 16 the Court. 17 8) On March 27, 2026, Mother filed an ex parte application seeking emergency orders.

The Court 18 denied Mother’s request pending hearing but set the matter on shortened time for April 6, 2026 19 (Readiness Calendar). The Court ordered Mother to serve Father on or before April 1, 2026. 20 9) On April 7, 2026, the Court ordered that Mother shall have temporary sole legal and sole physical 21 custody of the minor child. In addition, the Court suspended Father’s visitation. The Court 22 continued the matter to June 9, 2026 for further review. 23 10) On June 9, 2026, the Court ordered that Father shall have private visits with the minor child, with 24 no third parties present, on Sundays from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Exchanges were to occur at 850 25 Bryant Street. The Court continued the matter to August 13, 2026, for final review. 26 B. Findings and Order 27 1) This Court has jurisdiction to make child custody orders in this case under the Uniform Child 28 Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. A violation of this order may subject the party in 29

1 violation to civil or criminal penalties, or both. The country of habitual residence of the minor 2 child is the United States. 3 2) The parties are ordered to appear. 4

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