CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Torts
.........Quasi Judicial Immunity
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Quasi-judicial immunity extends to acts that exceed the power of the court to authorize, so long as performed within the scope of authority granted by the court.

Demurrer to H's legal malpractice claim properly sustained where there were no factual indicia of an A/C relationship between him and his GAL.

Atty.'s request for fees, after her services as H's divorce/custody GAL were over, was subject to the litigation privilege, barring H's C/As for fraud and breach of contract.

Joint or neutral accountant may not be sued for accounting malpractice in divorce; action barred as matter of law by CC 47(b)(2) litigation privilege.

Quasi-judicial immunity for non-public neutral third-parties for their conduct in performing dispute resolution services which are connected to the judicial process.