Marriage of Riaz CA5

FACTS

Background The parties married in 2005, separated in November 2019, and a judgment of dissolution was entered on July 20, 2022. The trial court listed the reserved issues related to the marital estate’s division as the “residential property, vehicles, loan from a third

2. party, household furnishings, loan to a third party [Zaid], watch business, alleged business with a third party, retirement, debts and taxes.” The court’s minute order from an October 20, 2022 hearing shows the parties stipulated that “the [third party] Zaid loan for $50,000.00 is community property.” The court instructed (1) the parties to provide “[a]ll documents related to ownership and payments related to the home” and “any credit card statements that are pre-separation,” (2) appellant to provide “documents regarding status of foreclosure on [the] home,” any information regarding various retirement accounts, and “documents regarding community tax debt paid by [appellant],” and (3) Husband to “provide documents showing ownership interest in Odessa,” “a list of watches … owned at the time of separation,” and his “2021 tax return.” Trial 1. May 4, 2023 Trial was held over seven days between May 4, 2023,…