Marriage of Plunkett
This dissolution action between Christa Plunkett and Chad Plunkett went to a court trial wherein Christa[1] asserted that Chad secretly withdrew over $231,000 in community funds just before their separation. Following the court trial, of relevance to this appeal, the court, in its statement of decision, (1) ordered Chad to pay $50,000 in attorney fees to Christa; (2) charged Chad with a preliminary distribution of community funds in the sum of $181,951 that he secretly removed from various accounts; (3) reserved jurisdiction over child and spousal support; and (4) ordered division of Christa's IRA account pursuant to In re Marriage of Brown (1976) 15 Cal.3d 838 (Brown). Thereafter, when the court entered judgment, it set child support at $0.
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