Marriage of Diener CA4/3

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The record on appeal is sparse. There is no reporter’s transcript, and the clerk’s transcript is limited. In addition to the order on appeal, it includes Donald’s April 22, 2013, income and expense declaration showing he is the petitioner in this dissolution action. The income and expense declaration states the couple has two minor children and Donald has them 55 percent of the time; Donald has monthly social security income of $1,718; Donald claimed he had a $1,000 monthly loss from his business called “Master Linens” and monthly expenses of $2,255; and Donald estimates Brigitte has monthly income of $1,925. None of Donald’s five previous income and expense declarations nor any of Brigitte’s eight income and expense declarations are in the record on appeal. The docket report contained in the clerk’s transcript indicates the Department of Child Support Services of Orange County (DCSS) filed a motion for support modification on November 21, 2012. Neither that motion nor any request for financial records DCSS may have served on Donald and Brigitte are part of the record on appeal. The clerk’s transcript does however contain an April 29, 2013, minute

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