Winston

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

The parties were married in 1988, and Jolene filed a petition for dissolution of marriage in June 2006. Trial on the parties’ dissolution did not begin until

1 October 2012.1 The trial court heard testimony from Jolene, Gary, and five other witnesses over 11 days in October and November 2012, and January and February 2013; and about 600 exhibits were admitted into evidence. No court reporter was present during the first three days of trial, and the record on appeal contains only the first 16 pages of a reporter’s transcript of proceedings held on one of the November trial dates. Our recitation of the relevant facts comes primarily from the order denying Gary’s motion for a new trial, the order Gary challenges in this appeal. (Walker v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (2005) 35 Cal.4th 15, 18 [order denying motion for new trial is nonappealable but may be reviewed on appeal from underlying judgment].) During the many years the case was pending, Jolene lived in property the couple owned in San Anselmo. At trial, the parties disputed how to account for money spent on various assets, including the San Anselmo property,…