Saraa Lee is a licensed social worker and therapist from Los Angeles. She gave birth to Tundra Pasulka in 2017. Troy Pasulka is Tundra’s father.

Saraa separated Tundra from her father in April 2018, in early-2019, in July 2019, in December 2019, and in May 2021. Tundra has not seen her father in-person since the permanent end of Troy and Saraa’s relationship on May 2, 2021; she has not seen him at all since late-2021.

Saraa admitted that she reunited Tundra with her father on December 1, 2019 — the same day she separated the two — because she feared that, if she did not, someone might see the film of actions she took earlier that day. Saraa’s testimony that this film shows her playing with Troy — not choking him — was found not believable. (Saraa did not dispute repeatedly attacking him throughout the remainder of the video — while he held their two-year-old daughter.

Saraa repeatedly expressed her desire to have more children with Troy. She also admitted she wanted to reunite with him in mid-May 2021. In fact, five days before first seeking a domestic violence restraining order against him — on June 2, 2021 — she asked him to move near her, or to at least let her visit him.

Saraa’s DVRO requests have been consistently denied — at least four separate times. All reviewing courts have determined that she presented no evidence that she was ever abused. In addition, he multiple decisions to continue the relationship in 2020 were found to contradict her abuse allegations.

California Family Code Section 3044 places various requirements on courts, with the aim of preventing child abuse, judicial terrorism, etc. Basically, it requires that custody not give custody to abuse such as Saraa. Meanwhile, Section 6344 requires those who file fraudulent abuse litigation to pay the attorneys’ fees of their victims.

Despite Saraa’s filmed abuse, and the documented falsity of her allegations, she was given sole custody of Tundra, Troy was stripped of custody, and Troy’s request that Saraa pay his attorneys’ fees was denied.

When Troy appealed these rulings, California’s Second District Appellate Court issued an opinion denying Troy relief. Their opinion refused to acknowledge the existence of Section 3044, or its undisputed violations, and refused to address any of the evidence proving that Saraa had perjured herself throughout her litigation. Troy’s request for rehearing — the appropriate remedy when an appellate opinion fails to address an appeal’s central allegations — was denied in February 2024 without explanation. Thus, in April 2024, Troy filed a petition for review with California’s Supreme Court.

In May 2024, Troy filed a DVRO outlining Saraa’s years of abuse.