Marriage of Bogert and Kapasi CA1/4

BACKGROUND

The record Kapasi has provided consists mostly of the family court’s orders and judgment. We therefore base our summary of the relevant factual background on those documents, supplemented with some information from the reporter’s transcript of one of the three trial days. Kapasi and Bogert married in 2009 and separated in 2020. They signed a premarital agreement. Before the marriage, Bogert inherited separate property that was worth about $1.6 million in 2022. Bogert filed a petition for marital dissolution in 2021. They have two minor children. On January 6, 2023, the family court ordered Kapasi to pay $2,383 per month in child support beginning in March 2023. The family court’s calculation imputed $20,000 in monthly income to Kapasi. The family court based this figure on the fact that he earned $120,000 in six months in his most recent employment, which was in 2015. The court also found that Kapasi qualified for job opportunities with pay in that range because he had a B.A. and M.B.A. and had held high-level positions in tech and finance. The court found Kapasi’s monthly expenses were inconsistent with his claim that he had no money to support himself or the…