Marriage of Silberberg CA5

INTRODUCTION

This appeal arises from a marital dissolution action filed by Mary Silberberg (Respondent) against Daryl Silberberg (Appellant).1 Daryl and Mary were married for approximately 30 years and owned significant amounts of community property, the largest of which was an insurance business at which both worked. The parties’ children are all adults, and thus neither custody nor child support issues are relevant here. The majority of arguments raised in this appeal concern the trial court’s division of property between the parties as well as the awarding of spousal support to Mary. While Daryl makes numerous arguments, most are largely unsupported by citation to the record or authority. Where an argument is unsupported by appropriate citations, as required by Rule 8.204(a)2 of the California Rules of Court, we treat that argument as forfeited. However, to the extent we can discern the basis for Daryl’s arguments, we also reject them on the merits.3 We find the trial court made a diligent and appropriate review of complex and confusing evidence offered about a family business in which both parties commingled their personal and business expenses, both before and after…