Marriage of Hiramanek CA2/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Dissolution Proceedings

Husband and Kamal Kapadia (wife) filed a stipulation and order in June 2009, in which husband agreed to stay away from wife and their three then-minor children. Pursuant to that agreement, wife and the kids were to stay in the family residence.

II. Order Declaring Husband a Vexatious Litigant

In June 2010, the family court declared husband a vexatious litigant. That order was affirmed on appeal. (In re Marriage of Hiramanek (Aug. 23, 2012, H035887) [nonpub. opn.].)

III. Order Regarding Taxes and Fair Rental Value of

Family Residence In January 2019, the family court issued an order regarding two still-outstanding issues from the marital

2 dissolution. First, the court ordered husband and wife to each pay one-half of the outstanding tax liability for their 2006 income taxes. They were required to pay within 30 days of the service of the court’s order. Second, the court deferred resolution of the question of what amount, if any, wife owed husband for her use of the family residence since the party’s separation. The June 2009 stipulation had “reserved” this issue for later resolution. The court found the issue…