Marriage of Oogjen and Pagan CA4/2

FACTS

In an unpublished opinion, we affirmed the trial court’s issuance of a domestic

violence restraining order (DVRO) protecting Oogjen and “her seven-year-old son

(whose father is ‘not in the picture’)” from Pagan. (Oogjen v. Pagan (Aug. 5, 2022,

E076637) [nonpub.opn.].) We described the facts in part as follows:

“Oogjen was 26 years old at the time of her DVRO requests [in November 2020],

and Pagan was 73. She had known Pagan since she was eight years old, when he was

dating her mother. When she was 17, he ‘approached’ her with a proposal to exchange

‘sexual behaviors for money for bills.’ That arrangement continued until November

2020.

“Pagan and Oogjen married in 2014, but they have never lived together, either

before or after that date. Until 2020, Oogjen believed, based on Pagan’s representations,

that the marriage was not legally binding but rather a pretense to ‘protect [her son] from

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Family Code.

2 the biological father.’ Pagan had told her that purporting to be married was necessary to

‘allow [Pagan] to have adoption rights’ as to the child, but the adoption was not

completed. In November 2020, Oogjen…