Marriage of Nakamoto and Hsu

Filed 5/4/22; Certified for Publication 6/2/22 (order attached)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

In re Marriage of CHRISTINE NAKAMOTO and DANIEL HSU.

CHRISTINE NAKAMOTO,

G059108

Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 11D006853) v.

OPINION

DANIEL HSU,

Appellant;

BRION CORPORATION et al.,

Claimants and Respondents.

Appeal from a postjudgment order of the Superior Court of Orange County, James L. Waltz, Judge. Affirmed. Masson & Fatini, Richard E. Masson and Susan M. Masson for Appellant. Minyard Morris, Alexander Payne; Garrett C. Dailey for Claimants and Respondents. * * * In this appeal, Daniel Hsu (Daniel) asks that we reverse the trial court’s 1 decision denying him need-based attorney fees under Family Code section 2030. The actual dispute underlying his request for attorney fees is not currently at issue. However, it is integral to the court’s attorney fees ruling and is briefly described below. This is a marriage dissolution proceeding between Daniel and Christine Nakamoto (Christine; together, the spouses). But the dispute at issue is between Daniel and his two siblings, Charleson Hsu (Chau) and…