Does a party forfeits their claim of error if they fail to report the error to the trial court in a timely manner?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Paccione v. Paccione (In re Paccione), D068665 (Cal. App. 2016):
objection].) Similarly, a party forfeits his or her claim of error by not bringing the error to the trial court's attention in a timely manner. (Avalos v. Perez (2011) 196 Cal.App.4th 773, 776.) The rationale behind this rule is that parties would otherwise be encouraged to remain silent until it was too late to rectify the error, thereby requiring the court to overturn the judgment. (Ibid.)
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