) Because Ms. Kabbe is the plaintiff in this action, delay is not a factor here. In Sui v. Landi (1985) 163 Cal.App.3d 383, 385-386 [ 209 Cal.Rptr. 449] and Weber v. Willard, supra, 207 Cal.App.3d at page 1010, the court found the appeal was brought in order to harass the respondent. We find no evidence of a vexatious motive in this case and none is alleged by respondent.

Skerston did not include a reporter's transcript of this proceeding in the appellate record, and in the absence of a transcript we are required to assume that the evidence presented at the hearing supported the court's decision. (See National Secretarial Service, Inc. v. Froehlich (1989) 210 Cal.App.3d 510, 521-522; Sui v. Landi (1985) 163 Cal.App.3d 383, 385.) Skerston claims to have filed several documents relating to the status of Newman's corporation, but these documents do not appear in the record.

By refusing to dismiss a clearly frivolous appeal, he breached his duty to "maintain those actions [or] proceedings . . . only as appear to him . . . legal or just[.]" (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6068, subd. (c); Pierotti v. Torian, supra, 81 Cal.App.4th at p. 36; see also Guardianship of Melissa W., supra, 96 Cal.App.4th at p. 1301 [counsel has duty promptly to dismiss appeal that becomes moot].) We have found he also sought to mislead this court "by an artifice or false statement of fact or law" by failing to divulge the fact that he had received notice of entry of the May 31 Order. (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6068, subd. (d); see Sui v. Landi (1985) 163 Cal.App.3d 383, 386 [imposing sanctions on appellant whose failure to request preparation of reporter's transcript "prevented us from reviewing the facts" supporting respondent's action and trial court's judgment].) Furthermore, he persisted in withholding this information well after his opposing counsel informed him of its importance and warned him of the danger of sanctions.

(See Denham v. Superior Court (1970) 2 Cal.3d 557, 564 [ 86 Cal.Rptr. 65, 468 P.2d 193] [all presumptions indulged to support judgment on matters as to which record is silent]; 11 Witkin, Summary of Cal. Law (9th ed. 1990) Equity, § 3, p. 681 [no right to equitable relief when there is an adequate remedy at law].) The lack of a reporter's transcript of the hearing on severance precludes the County from challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to support this implied ruling. (See Sui v. Landi (1985) 163 Cal.App.3d 383, 385-386 [ 209 Cal.Rptr. 449].) (5)(See.

Id. Second, the allegations relating to "Land Patents" or to federal statutory and constitutional violations are also irrelevant to the issue of who is entitled to possession of the Santa Cruz properties at issue in this case. See, e.g., Sui v. Landi, 163 Cal. App. 3d 383, 386 (Ct. App. 1985). It is thus unclear how Boyd could establish by a preponderance of the evidence the probable validity of a real property claim, if any.

P.2d 932 [attorney fee motion hearing]; Ballard v. Uribe (1986) 41 Cal.3d 564, 574–575, 224 Cal.Rptr. 664, 715 P.2d 624 (lead opn. of Grodin, J.) [new trial motion hearing]; In re Kathy P. (1979) 25 Cal.3d 91, 102, 157 Cal.Rptr. 874, 599 P.2d 65 [hearing to determine whether counsel was waived and the minor consented to informal adjudication]; Vo v. Las Virgenes Municipal Water Dist. (2000) 79 Cal.App.4th 440, 447, 94 Cal.Rptr.2d 143 [trial transcript when attorney fees sought]; Estate of Fain (1999) 75 Cal.App.4th 973, 992, 89 Cal.Rptr.2d 618 [surcharge hearing]; Hodges v. Mark (1996) 49 Cal.App.4th 651, 657, 56 Cal.Rptr.2d 700 [nonsuit motion where trial transcript not provided]; Null v. City of Los Angeles (1988) 206 Cal.App.3d 1528, 1532, 254 Cal.Rptr. 492 [reporter's transcript fails to reflect content of special instructions]; Buckhart v. San Francisco Residential Rent etc., Bd. (1988) 197 Cal.App.3d 1032, 1036, 243 Cal.Rptr. 298 [hearing on Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5 petition]; Sui v. Landi (1985) 163 Cal.App.3d 383, 385–386, 209 Cal.Rptr. 449 [motion to dissolve preliminary injunction hearing]; Rossiter v. Benoit (1979) 88 Cal.App.3d 706, 713–714, 152 Cal.Rptr. 65 [demurrer hearing]; Calhoun v. Hildebrandt (1964) 230 Cal.App.2d 70, 71–73, 40 Cal.Rptr. 690 [transcript of argument to the jury]; Ehman v. Moore (1963) 221 Cal.App.2d 460, 462, 34 Cal.Rptr. 540 [failure to secure reporter's transcript [or] settled statement].)" ( Foust , at pp. 186–187, 129 Cal.Rptr.3d 421.)

tute was provided. (Maria P. v. Riles (1987) 43 Cal.3d 1281, 1295-1296 [attorney fee motion hearing]; Ballard v. Uribe (1986) 41 Cal.3d 564, 574-575 (lead opn. of Grodin, J.) [new trial motion hearing]; In re Kathy P. (1979) 25 Cal.3d 91, 102 [hearing to determine whether counsel was waived and the minor consented to informal adjudication]; Vo v. Las Virgenes Municipal Water Dist. (2000) 79 Cal.App.4th 440, 447 [trial transcript when attorney fees sought]; Estate of Fain (1999) 75 Cal.App.4th 973, 992 [surcharge hearing]; Hodges v. Mark (1996) 49 Cal.App.4th 651, 657 [nonsuit motion where trial transcript not provided]; Null v. City of Los Angeles (1988) 206 Cal.App.3d 1528, 1532 [reporter's transcript fails to reflect content of special instructions]; Buckhart v. San Francisco Residential Rent etc., Bd. (1988) 197 Cal.App.3d 1032, 1036 [hearing on Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5 petition]; Sui v. Landi (1985) 163 Cal.App.3d 383, 385-386 [motion to dissolve preliminary injunction hearing]; Rossiter v. Benoit (1979) 88 Cal.App.3d 706, 713-714 [demurrer hearing]; Calhoun v. Hildebrandt (1964) 230 Cal.App.2d 70, 71-73 [transcript of argument to the jury]; Ehman v. Moore (1963) 221 Cal.App.2d 460, 462 [failure to secure reporter's transcript [or] settled statement].)" (Foust v. San Jose Construction Co., Inc. (2011) 198 Cal.App.4th 181, 186-187.)

Hodges v. Mark (1996) 49 Cal.App.4th 651, 657 [nonsuit motion where trial transcript not provided]; Null v. City of Los Angeles (1988) 206 Cal.App.3d 1528, 1532 [reporter's transcript fails to reflect content of special instructions]; Buckhart v. San Francisco Residential Rent etc., Bd. (1988) 197 Cal.App.3d 1032, 1036 [hearing on Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5 petition]; Sui v. Landi (1985) 163 Cal.App.3d 383, 385-386 [motion to dissolve preliminary injunction hearing]; Rossiter v. Benoit (1979) 88 Cal.App.3d 706, 713-714 [demurrer hearing]; Calhoun v. Hildebrandt (1964) 230 Cal.App.2d 70, 71-73 [transcript of argument to the jury]; Ehman v. Moore (1963) 221 Cal.App.2d 460, 462 [failure to secure reporter's transcript [or] settled statement].)"

v. Riles[, supra,] 43 Cal.3d [at pp.] 1295-1296 [attorney fee motion hearing]; Ballard v. Uribe (1986) 41 Cal.3d 564, 574575 (lead opn. of Grodin, J.) [new trial motion hearing]; In re Kathy P. (1979) 25 Cal.3d 91, 102 [hearing to determine whether counsel was waived and the minor consented to informal adjudication]; Vo v. Las Virgenes Municipal Water Dist. (2000) 79 Cal.App.4th 440, 447 [trial transcript when attorney fees sought]; Estate of Fain (1999) 75 Cal.App.4th 973, 992 [surcharge hearing]; Hodges v. Mark (1996) 49 Cal.App.4th 651, 657 [nonsuit motion where trial transcript not provided]; Null v. City of Los Angeles (1988) 206 Cal.App.3d 1528, 1532 [reporter's transcript fails to reflect content of special instructions]; Buckhart v. San Francisco Residential Rent etc., Bd. (1988) 197 Cal.App.3d 1032, 1036 [hearing on Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5 petition]; Sui v. Landi (1985) 163 Cal.App.3d 383, 385-386 [motion to dissolve preliminary injunction hearing]; Rossiter v. Benoit (1979) 88 Cal.App.3d 706, 713-714 [demurrer hearing]; Calhoun v. Hildebrandt (1964) 230 Cal.App.2d 70, 71-73 [transcript of argument to the jury]; Ehman v. Moore (1963) 221 Cal.App.2d 460, 462 [failure to secure reporter's transcript [or] settled statement].)" (Foust v. San Jose Construction Co., Inc. (2011) 198 Cal.App.4th 181, 186-187.)

Appellate courts frequently refuse to reach the merits of an appellant's claims because they failed to provide a reporter's transcript of a pertinent proceeding or a suitable substitute. (E.g., Walker v. Superior Court (1991) 53 Cal.3d 257, 273 ["we cannot assess the propriety of these latter determinations because as noted above the record contains no transcript of the respective hearings"]; Sui v. Landi (1985) 163 Cal.App.3d 383, 385-386 ["When an appeal is taken on a partial clerk's transcript, the evidence is conclusively presumed to support the judgment"].) As the record stands, we've been forced to piece together the story from pleadings, reports, and Cuevas's brief.