Marriage of Tani CA4/1

BACKGROUND FACTS

A. Order to Show Cause Regarding Support; Discovery Issues

The parties were married in August 1986. In August 2011, Stuart filed a petition

to dissolve his marriage to Marcy, and alleged the date of separation was June 21, 1991.

Through counsel, Marcy filed her response in October 2011, claiming that the

parties had separated in March 2008. In March 2012, Marcy filed an order to show cause

to set spousal support and for other relief, the first contested hearing in the case. It was

assigned a hearing date of June 4, 2012, but was continued. She filed an income and

expense declaration on March 5, 2012, giving her monthly income as $0, with over

$6,600 monthly expenses, which had previously been paid by the community business.

As of March 2012, her declaration estimated that Stuart's gross monthly income was

$20,000, which she knew because she was in charge of bookkeeping for his office.

In opposition, Stuart's declaration stated that from the early 1990's until July 2011,

his dental practice at several locations was managed by San Diego Specialty Care

Management (the management company), which was owned by Marcy and her business

partner…