In re Marriage of Spanier
Filed 4/28/06 In re Marriage of Spanier CA1/2
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION TWO
| In re Marriage of SPANIER. | |
| PAMELA SPANIER, Appellant, v. LAWRENCE SPANIER, Respondent. | A111212 (Contra Costa County Super. Ct. No. D95-07258) |
I. INTRODUCTION
This is the second appeal in this marital dissolution action between appellant Pamela Spanier (Wife) and respondent Lawrence Spanier (Husband). We resolved the first appeal in an unpublished decision filed in July 2004 (In re Marriage of Spanier (July 16, 2004, A103894) [nonpub.opn.]). In that decision, we reversed an order of the trial court regarding entitlement to tax exemptions for tax years 1997 and 1998.
Here, Wife appeals from an order entered by the trial court resolving certain matters related to property division and attorney's fees. Finding no error, we will affirm.
II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND[1]
The parties married in 1985 and separated in 1995. Wife filed for dissolution in December 1995. The trial court bifurcated the marital status issue and the marriage was terminated in 1997. Wife was given custody of the couple's three minor children.
Various issues regarding support obligations, custody, and property division were resolved by the court in a post-trial order filed on October 12, 1998 (October 1998 Order). The court ordered, inter alia, that â€
