Can a motion to stay or dismiss on the grounds of inconvenient forum be successful?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Pieri v. Superior Court, 1 Cal.App.4th 114, 1 Cal.Rptr.2d 742 (Cal. App. 1991):
Since respondent court denied the motion to stay or dismiss on the ground of inconvenient forum because substantial evidence on a significant issue is [1 Cal.App.4th 122] available in California, we cannot say that mother has conclusively established that respondent court should have relinquished its jurisdiction. "A trial court's exercise of discretion will be upheld if it is based on a 'reasoned judgment' and complies with the '... legal principles and policies appropriate to the particular matter at issue.' [Citations.]" (Bullis v. Security Pac. Nat. Bank (1978) 21 Cal.3d 801, 815, 148 Cal.Rptr. 22, 582 P.2d 109.)
The alternative writ is discharged, and the petition is denied.
PERLEY and REARDON, JJ., concur.
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