A.R. v. Bar-Lev CA4/1

Filed 11/21/23 A.R. v. Bar-Lev CA4/1

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

A.R., D080144

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. 37-2021- 00030596-CU-HR-EC) NAOMI YAEL BAR-LEV,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Sharon L. Kalemkiarian, Judge. Affirmed. Naomi Yael Bar-Lev, in pro. per., for Defendant and Appellant. A.R., in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION1 Naomi Yael Bar-Lev appeals from the trial court’s January 3, 2022 order (1) granting the petition of then 17-year-old A.R. for a civil harassment restraining order (see Code Civ. Proc., § 527.6); and (2) denying Bar-Lev’s

1 We resolve this case by memorandum opinion pursuant to California Standards of Judicial Administration, section 8.1.

cross-petition for a restraining order against A.R. and A.R.’s mother, Victoria R. Bar-Lev is the longtime girlfriend of A.R.’s father, Chris R., Victoria’s former husband. Chris and Victoria, who divorced in 2013, have two children, A.R. and C.R. There are four appeals currently pending in this

court involving these same parties.2 Bar-Lev is appearing in propria persona as she did in the trial court. Although self-represented, we are not permitted to excuse Bar-Lev from following the rules of appellate procedure. (See Stover v. Bruntz (2017) 12 Cal.App.5th 19, 31 [“ ‘as is the case with attorneys, [self-represented] litigants must follow correct rules of procedure’ ”]; accord Nwosu v. Uba (2004) 122 Cal.App.4th 1229, 1247 (Nwosu) [a self-represented “ ‘party is to be treated like any other party and is entitled to the same, but no greater consideration than other litigants and attorneys’ ”].) A trial court’s judgment or order is presumed correct and it is the appellant’s burden on appeal to affirmatively show error. (Denham v. Superior Court (1970) 2 Cal.3d 557, 564 [“ ‘All intendments and presumptions are indulged to support it on matters as to which the record is silent, and error must be affirmatively shown.’ ”]; accord Jameson v. Desta (2018) 5 Cal.5th 594, 608−609.) To make this showing, the appellant must present meaningful legal analysis supported by citations to facts in the record and authority to support the claim of error. (Multani v. Witkin & Neal (2013)