What is the test for abuse of discretion in marriage?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from McLaughlin v. Taylor-McLaughlin (In re Marriage of McLaughlin), G056048 (Cal. App. 2019):

[Citations.]' [Citation.] The burden is on the complaining party to establish abuse of discretion, and the showing on appeal is insufficient if it presents a state of facts which simply affords an opportunity for a difference of opinion." (In re Marriage of Eben-King & King (2000) 80 Cal.App.4th 92, 118; see Younessi v. Woolf (2016) 244 Cal.App.4th 1137, 1144.)

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