Marriage of Chay and Ung CA2/2

I.

BACKGROUND1

The family court entered a judgment of dissolution of Ung’s marriage to respondent Jenny Chay (Chay) on July 26, 2022, followed by an amended judgment on September 6, 2023. Chay was awarded sole legal and physical custody of the parties’ two minor children. On October 20, 2023, Ung filed a request for order seeking to modify child support, custody, and visitation. At a hearing on December 6, 2023, the family court denied Ung’s request. The court noted that it had previously imputed full-time, minimum- wage income to Ung and had ordered him to pay $1,032 monthly in child support. The court found that Ung had not taken his support obligation seriously. The court observed that Ung was “able bodied” and would have to get a job if his $125,000 retirement account was insufficient to meet his obligations. The court found that Ung owed $14,664 in child support arrearages

Our ability to determine what transpired in the family court is impaired by the lack of a complete record on appeal, including the absence of the judgment of dissolution, amended judgment, and Ung’s filings in support of the request for order at the center of this appeal.

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