Marriage of Pham CA4/3

STATEMENT OF FACTS

In October 2016, Kenny petitioned for dissolution of his marriage to Katherine. He declared their date of marriage was January 6, 2009 and their date of separation was September 26, 2016. Katherine responded, stating the date of marriage was January 6, 2009 and date of separation was October 4, 2016. Both parties originally claimed that the duration of the marriage was seven years and eight months. The parties had one minor child, Kevin, born on October 22, 2005. Both parties requested division of property. Kenny claimed the real property at 11742 Gilbert Street, Garden Grove (the Gilbert property) was his separate property. Katherine requested the court reserve the issue of spousal support payable to her for future determination. The case came on for trial in August 2023 and was heard over three days. Both parties appeared and were assisted by Vietnamese language interpreters. Only Kenny was represented by counsel. Katherine was self- represented. At the start of the proceedings, the court found that Katherine had failed to comply with its standing orders to provide an exhibit binder and had not provided Kenny’s counsel with advance notice of any documents she…