Appealability: In A Civil Online Harassment Proceeding, Losing Appellant’s Failure To Separately Appeal The Adverse Fee Award Means The Appellate Court Lacked Jurisdiction To Consider Arguments Against It

A Lesson We Have Posted On Many Times Before—Separately Appeal, Protectively.

In Boisot v. Logan, Case No. D085234 (4^th Dist., Div. 1 June 25, 2026) (unpublished), parties filed dueling requests for restraining orders against each other for online harassment.  Respondent’s request was granted, but Appellant’s request was denied.  Later, the lower court granted Respondent $32,541.40 (out of a $101,859.49 ask) under CCP § 527.6.  Appellant’s appeal of the fee award was dismissed, because the appellate court lacked jurisdiction given that Appellant never separately appealed the fee order and that nothing in the notice of appeal on the merits ever mentioned the fee award.