Sometimes CA really is an island unto itself~ Our procedures are streamlined, hearings are simplified, mediation is ordered/avail. when there's conflict, it's just...EASIER. IMOPerhaps you've sat in on a few more contempt hearings in MO than I have, admittedly, I've never been to MO a day in my life. That's not the way they do things here though (irrelevant, I know).