Marriage of Goodman CA6

I. INTRODUCTION

Pursuant to a 2003 stipulation and order, appellant Timothy Goodman was obligated to pay respondent Loren Goodman1 spousal support, subject to a step down in the amount of support based on real estate commissions that Loren received. Loren initially calculated the step down in support by using her gross commissions. By 2005, she began using her net commissions to calculate the step down, which resulted in Timothy being obligated to pay a greater amount of support. In 2012, Timothy filed a request with the trial court to determine the amount of overpayment of spousal support,

1 For clarity and convenience, we will refer to Timothy Goodman and Loren Goodman by their first names. on the ground that Loren was required under the parties’ original 2003 stipulation and order to use gross commissions rather than net commissions to calculate the step down in support. The court determined that Timothy was equitably estopped from seeking recalculation of prior step down amounts based on Loren’s gross commissions, and that he was also barred going forward from seeking step down calculations based on Loren’s gross commissions. On appeal, Timothy contends that the trial court…