Legal Question in Family Law in California

I live in Sacramento,California.I sent court papers to the mother, but she failed to respond in time.I was awarded full custody by way of default.The time period when I started the case until I got my kid back into my arms was 10 months.She recently took me back to court to set aside the default judgment and to change the custody.Unfortunately the judge granted her full custody of my kid and only allowing me to see my kid 4 hours every day.From my research I have done,they had no grounds to set aside the default judgment because they ran out of time to do so by 20 some odd days.There was also no emotional damage done to the child when I got custody.So if I got custody by default and there was no emotional problems with the kid with the custody change,why did the judge give the mother full custody and only gave me 4 hours every day to see my kid?Can I do anything to set aside the judges order?She also claims that I assaulted her and she called the cops, but after some research I found out that she never called the police at all.I even have pictures showing the mother at my house after the alleged assault, she said after the assault she never seen me in person again.She is a liar and believe she has done defamation towards me both libel and slander.


Asked on 1/01/11, 8:35 pm

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