Shapiro

I. INTRODUCTION

Appellant Martenyi appeals from a July 2011 order of the San Francisco Superior Court denying his motion to set aside a judgment of dissolution of his marriage to respondent Shapiro, a judgment filed in December 1994. We find that substantial evidence supports the trial court‟s entry of this order, and reject appellant‟s contention that the documents indicating his agreement to that dissolution contained forgeries of his signature. We also reject other contentions raised by appellant, e.g., that the trial judge who heard and denied his motion was biased against him because of his having been sentenced to prison for a federal crime. We affirm the order.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The parties were married in 1983 and separated in 1993; they had one child between them, a daughter born in 1985. In 1981, they purchased a residence in San Francisco, where respondent still lives. During that period of time, appellant was an attorney practicing in the Bay Area and respondent a school teacher employed by a private school in Marin County.

1 In October 1993, appellant was arrested in San Francisco and transported to Florida because of his alleged involvement in…