Is there a properly noticed motion for leave to amend the first amended complaint?

The omission of a properly noticed motion for leave to amend the first amended complaint is fatal to Moberg's contentions on appeal under the statutory provisions for amendment of previously amended pleadings. Section 472² provides that a plaintiff may amend a pleading without leave of court before an answer or demurrer is filed. (Leader v. Health Industries of America, Inc. (2001) 89 Cal.App.4th 603, 612 (Leader).) After a demurrer has been sustained, the pleading may be amended only with permission of the court. ( 473, subd. (a)(1); see Leader, supra, at pp. 612-613.)