T.A.

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Father and T.A. (Mother) share two minor children, who reside 100 percent of the time with Mother. Father, who is representing himself in this appeal, has provided a very limited appellate record. We have attempted to infer the relevant procedural history from the record before us. According to a statement in Mother’s declaration, “Father’s child support was set to zero . . . from July 2022 through August 2023, as Father reportedly claimed to have no income while waiting for his Social Security Disability application to process.” Next, according to a statement made by counsel for the County of San Diego Department of Child Services at a January 18, 2024 hearing, the child support order at the time of that hearing was “for Father to pay Mother $789 per month, which was made effective September 1st, 2023” when “the parties were . . . before the Court August 21st, 2023.” As to that order, the trial court described it as having been based on a finding, on August 21, 2023, that Father’s monthly income was $2,627. Apart from the foregoing information, the appellate record contains no pleadings, evidence or reporter’s transcripts related to the…