What is the test for establishing a claim that is "without foundation and requires no discussion"?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from D.M. v. Angeles, D067593 (Cal. App. 2015):

"Where a point is merely asserted by [appellant] without any [substantive] argument of or authority for its proposition, it is deemed to be without foundation and requires no discussion." (People v. Ham (1970) 7 Cal.App.3d 768, 783, disapproved on

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