Family
Aug. 27, 2026
No reporter, no record, no longer
When no court reporter means no meaningful appeal, family lawyers now have an answer: California courts must provide a way to make a record for litigants who cannot afford one.
Every family law practitioner has had some version of this conversation with a client. The judge got it wrong, the client wants to know what can be done about it, and the answer turns on whether anyone was making a record. In most California family courtrooms on most days, no one was.
That changed on Aug. 10, 2026. In Family Violence Appellate Project v. Superior Court, S288176, a unanimous California Supreme Court held that superior courts have a...
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