Marriage of Freeman

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Rod and Hub registered as domestic partners in December 2004, married in June 2008, and then separated in April 2020. Rod filed a petition for dissolution of their domestic partnership and marriage in May 2020. The parties had ownerships interests in two properties at the time of separation. The first was their residence in Indio, which listed both Hub and Rod on title. The second was a rental property on Micheltorena Street in Los Angeles (the Micheltorena property). Title to the Micheltorena property was solely in Hub’s name. He had purchased it in 1992 prior to the parties’ union, but it was not paid off until 2013. Following their separation, the parties agreed the community had an interest in the Micheltorena property, but they disputed the amount of that interest and the property’s value. At the time of their separation, both Hub and Rod had been unemployed for about seven years. Hub had supported the parties for the last five years of their relationship using income from the Micheltorena property, Social Security, and annuities and dividends. The parties stipulated that Hub’s gross monthly income available for support was $11,391, and the…