Marriage of Lamaria v. Ibrahim CA2/8

Filed 4/8/13 Marriage of Lamaria v. Ibrahim CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

In re the Marriage of HELEN MAMARIL B237111 LAMARIA and JOLIAN RAMEZ IBRAHIM. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BD548861)

HELEN MAMARIL LAMARIA,

Respondent, v.

JOLIAN RAMEZ IBRAHIM,

Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles, Maren E. Nelson, Judge. Dismissed.

Law Offices of Callistus C. Anyaeto and Callistus C. Anyaeto for Appellant.

Leslie Ellen Shear; Law Offices of Patricia Anne Rigdon and Patricia Anne Rigdon for Respondent.

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Appellant Jolian Ramez Ibrahim appeals from an order granting his wife, respondent Helen Mamaril Lamaria, a protective order under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act, imposing pendente lite custody and visitation orders regarding the couple‟s three minor children, and making an initial custody determination of home-state jurisdiction in California under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. We conclude appellant has failed to discharge his burden of presenting an adequate record on appeal to enable us to review the jurisdictional finding, and that the interim custody orders are not appealable. We therefore dismiss the appeal. FACTS Appellant Jolian Ramez Ibrahim (Husband) and respondent Helen Mamaril Lamaria (Wife) met in Wife‟s country of birth, the Philippines. They married there in 1994, and then relocated to Husband‟s country of birth, Kuwait, where he has extended family. In 2002, the couple moved to the United States and settled in California, where members of Wife‟s family live, including her sister. Husband and Wife have three minor children. Their daughter, the eldest, was born in 1996, and the two boys were born in 2000 and 2002, respectively. All of the family members are United States citizens. In 2002, the family settled in Pasadena, where Wife held a job as a nurse. Sometime in 2006, Husband received a job offer for work in Kuwait. According to Wife, Husband represented it was a temporary job that would last only for two years, and that it was a good opportunity for the children to learn Arabic and spend more time with their paternal cousins. Wife agreed to the temporary move. Husband moved back to Kuwait sometime during 2006 and Wife and the children followed in 2007. According to Husband, the move was always intended to be a permanent relocation back to Kuwait. In Kuwait, the family lived in an apartment. They held temporary residency visas which are automatically renewable so long as the family has an employer sponsor supporting their presence in Kuwait as foreigners. Toward the end of the two-year job term, Husband told Wife the job had been extended another two years.