Marriage of McCarden and Johnson

BACKGROUND

We take the facts from the trial court’s statement of decision on reserved issues. Khrista and Alton Timothy Johnson were married in December 2012 and separated 34 months later in September 2015.1 Their daughter was born in August 2015. A. Accounts and Income During the marriage the parties maintained six bank accounts: Khrista’s Citibank account ending in 2250 (Khrista’s 2250 account); Alton’s Chase Bank account ending in 9346 (the 9346 account); Alton’s Chase Bank account ending in 1057 (Alton’s 1057 account); a Chase Bank account ending in 0539 owned by California Coastal Assets II, an LLC whose sole member was Alton (California Coastal Assets II 0539 account); a jointly owned Chase Bank ending in 2532 (joint account 2532); and

1 We will refer to the parties by first name for clarity, not out of familiarity or disrespect.

2 a jointly owned Ally Bank account ending in 047 2 (joint Ally account 047). Khrista was a law professor whose salary was paid in well- documented increments. She deposited her salary into the 9346 account. Khrista periodically updated her income and expense declaration, reflecting an income from 2016 to 2018 of around $12,250 per month.…