California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lakritz v. Lakritz (In re Marriage of Lakritz), G059521 (Cal. App. 2021):
We review the court's ruling for abuse of discretion. (In re Marriage of Rosevear (1998) 65 Cal.App.4th 673, 682 (Rosevear)) Under this standard, "[t]he trial court's findings of fact are reviewed for substantial evidence, its conclusions of law are reviewed de novo, and its application of the law to the facts is reversible only if arbitrary and capricious." (Haraguchi v. Superior Court (2008) 43 Cal.4th 706, 711-712.) "'"The appropriate test for abuse of discretion is whether the trial court exceeded the bounds of reason. When two or more inferences can reasonably be deduced from the facts, the reviewing court has no authority to substitute its decision for that of the trial court."' [Citations.] The burden is on the complaining party to establish abuse of discretion. [Citations.] The showing on appeal is insufficient if it presents a state of facts which simply affords an opportunity for a difference of opinion. [Citations.]" (Rosevear, supra, 65 Cal.App.4th at p. 682.)
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