Yassine Ghaleb v. Ardanna Ghaleb

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

5) 6 YASSINE GHALEB,) Case Number: FDI-23-797499) 7 Petitioner) Hearing Date: May 21, 2026) 8 VS.) Hearing Time: 9:00 AM) 9 ARDANNA GHALEB,) Department: 404) 10 Respondent) Presiding: AI MORI) 11) 12 REQUEST FOR ORDER TO CHANGE TEMPORARY EMERGENCY ORDER, CHILD CUSTODY, 13 VISITATION (PARENTING TIME), SHORTENING TIME 14 TENTATIVE RULING 15

16 The parties are ordered to appear via Zoom or in person at 9am on 5/21/2026 in Department 404. If 17 a party chooses to appear by Zoom, that party must abide by the Notice and Instructions for 18 Remote Appearance in San Francisco Family Court set forth above. 19

20 A. Procedural History 21 1) Yassine Ghaleb (Father) and Ardanna Ghaleb (Mother) have two minor children, Issa (DOB 22 2/18/2015, age 11) and Yusra (DOB 12/23/2018, age 7). Father lives in Antioch; Mother lives in 23 San Francisco. The parties have had joint legal and physical custody of the children. Since 2024, 24 Father has had parenting time during the week, and Mother has had parenting time on alternating 25 weekends from school pickup on Fridays to school drop off on Mondays. 26 2) On 3/25/2026, Father filed an ex parte request for sole legal custody and sole physical custody, 27 with virtual weekend visits for Mother. He states that Child Protective Services (CPS) “became 28 involved in early February due to concerns of [Mother's] neglect and physical abuse," including 29 "reports of physical discipline involving foreign objects and verbal abuse toward the child(ren).”

1 He states that Mother also leaves the children with inappropriate or unsafe caregivers and fails to 2 ensure the children’s regular school attendance. Mother filed a response in which she denies all 3 CPS allegations and states Father is using these allegations to gain an advantage in the custody 4 matter. She states the children have consistently attended school during her parenting time and

5 were absent on 3/16/2026 because they were sick, and have been less than 30 minutes late on 6 occasion due to traffic. She states she has found appropriate alternative care for the children as 7 permitted by prior Court order when Father is unable to exercise his right of first refusal. The 8 Court denied Father’s ex parte request pending a hearing, which was set for 5/21/2026. 9 3) The parties attended mediation and reached a partial agreement that Mother shall have parenting 10 time on alternating weekends from pick up on Saturday at 10am to drop off on Sunday at 6pm. 11 (See Stipulation and Order filed 5/11/2026.) 12 B. Findings and Orders

13 1) This Court has jurisdiction to make child custody orders in this case under the Uniform Child 14 Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. A violation of this order may subject the party in 15 violation to civil or criminal penalties, or both. The country of habitual residence of the minor 16 child is the United States. 17 2) The parties are ordered to appear via Zoom or in person at 9am on 5/21/2026 in 18 Department 404. 19