California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hopkins, C084796 (Cal. App. 2018):
As such, the trial court had authority to issue a protective order in favor of J. H. under section 136.2(i)(1). It is of no consequence that the trial court erroneously relied on section 273.5(j), since " ' "[n]o rule of decision is better or more firmly established by authority, nor one resting upon a sounder basis of reason and propriety, than that a ruling or decision, itself correct in law, will not be disturbed on appeal merely because given for a wrong reason. If right upon any theory of the law applicable to the case, it must be sustained regardless of the considerations which may have moved the trial court to its conclusion." ' " (People v. Zapien (1993) 4 Cal.4th 929, 976.)
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