Marriage of Joe and Lee CA6

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND2

A. Marital Dissolution and Stipulated Judgment Eurho Joe (husband) and Jungeun Lee (wife) married on May 26, 2002 and separated on September 14, 2012. They are the parents of two daughters, ages 17 (older daughter) and 14 (younger daughter). 3 In 2012, Joe initiated proceedings in the trial court by filing a request for domestic violence restraining order and request for child custody and visitation orders. Joe alleged that Lee repeatedly punched him in the face and eye following an argument and that the children had been subject to physical and verbal abuse by Lee. Lee responded that Joe was screaming directly in her ear as she was pressed up against the kitchen counter, and she flung out her fist repeatedly to protect herself. Both parties retained legal counsel and were assisted at a hearing on Joe’s requests by a Korean interpreter. At the November 2012 hearing on Joe’s requests for restraining order and custody and visitation orders, the trial court found the case was “close” but concluded that Joe had met his burden of proof; the court stated it “[did not] know” how Lee got her bruises but did not find her explanation credible that she…