Marriage of Khan CA3

I. BACKGROUND

The parties were married on September 22, 2005. In 2017, Respondent filed a marital dissolution petition alleging the date of their separation was February 12, 2017. Appellant alleged their date of separation was several months later, in December 2017. The parties litigated this issue at trial. A. Trial At trial, Respondent testified that on February 12, 2017, Appellant told her to get out of the family home, it did not belong to her. She did not leave because she could not afford to; however, she did move into a bedroom separate from Appellant. Several months later, on June 3, 2017, Appellant tried to come into Respondent’s bedroom. She refused to let him in. He accused Respondent of being unfaithful to him and threatened to shoot her if she did not “tell him the truth.” He then sexually assaulted her. The next day, as Respondent was trying to leave for their child’s soccer tournament, Appellant said to their child that Respondent was a “bitch.” He told the child that he no longer wanted her to play soccer and he wanted the child to burn her soccer cleats. Respondent said she would drive the child to the soccer tournament. In response, Appellant got a…