Marriage of Guise CA4/1
This appeal arises from an order entered in a complex divorce case commenced in 2009 involving Jeffrey and Jacqueline Guise (hereafter, Jeff and Jackie). In an early temporary support order, Judge Lisa Schall ordered Jeff to pay fixed monthly amounts of child and spousal support based on his fixed salary, plus additional support payments based on specified percentages of any bonus income he received. (See In re Marriage of Ostler & Smith (1990) 223 Cal.App.3d 33 (Ostler-Smith).) About six months later, when a health condition interfered with Jeff's ability to work, the parties stipulated that he would pay only a reduced, fixed monthly support payment that would be unallocated as between child and spousal support. The stipulation did not expressly address Jeff's bonus income. About eight months later, a different judge (Hon. William McAdam) modified support prospectively to a higher fixed monthly amount, but did not include a bonus component because the higher fixed amount
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