Conservatorship of Hume

In Conservatorship of Hume (2006) 140 Cal.App.4th 1385, the Fourth District Court of Appeal considered a trial court's refusal to prepare a statement of decision when the party's request "failed to identify specifically which issues he wanted the trial court to address." (Id. at p. 1394 & fn. 15.) The court found no error. "A party is not entitled to a statement of decision based on a 'general inquisition' that 'unfairly burdens the trial judge in that he must not only speculate which questions embrace ultimate as distinguished from evidentiary facts, but also search his recollection of the record without the assistance of a suggestion from counsel.'" (Id. at p. 1394.)