Civil Action Against Lawyer, Therapists in Heated Child Custody Dispute is SLAPP

Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal held yesterday that an anti-SLAPP motion was properly granted to court-appointed lawyers and therapists, who were sued by a mother claiming that their “decision” to restrict her supervision of her children in custody proceedings was maliciously made, finding that the claims lacked merit and the professionals’ conclusions as to what was best for the minors amounted to protected petitioning activity.