Marriage of Mihoubi and Djebari CA1/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

In June 2021, after his then-wife, respondent Mariem Djebari, obtained a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) against him, Mihoubi petitioned to dissolve the parties’ marriage. The following month, Djebari

1 All further statutory references are to the Family Code. sought custody of the parties’ five-year-old child and requested child and spousal support. The parties filed income and expense statements, and the matter was heard over two days, concluding on April 1, 2022. We refer to this hearing, as do the parties, as the April 1 hearing. There was no court reporter at the April 1 hearing, and consequently there is no transcript of it in our appellate record. The hearing’s minutes, however, are detailed, and they describe the trial court’s oral pronouncements, which granted much of the relief Djebari sought. The parties were asked to prepare a draft written order, but ultimately they could not agree upon one. On April 28, 2022, Mihoubi filed a request to change the trial court’s rulings regarding his child support obligations, even though the written order had not been finalized. He stated, “I am not earning enough to pay the ordered…