Marriage of Isaacs
Janette Isaacs appeals from the judgment entered in a bifurcated trial to resolve certain issues relating to the date of separation, characterization and division of property, credits and reimbursement claims and spousal and child support in the marital dissolution proceedings between appellant and respondent, James Isaacs. Before this court, appellant asserts a number of errors concerning issues decided during the trial and resolved in the judgment, including the child support determinations and the characterization of two businesses as respondents separate property. In her brief she also challenges a number of post-judgment, post appeal matters, including orders: (1) denying a request to modify the spousal order in the judgment; (2) granting respondents request to place the equalization payment ordered in the judgment in a child support security account; (3) granting respondents motion to declare the appellant a vexatious litigant; and (4) relating to child custody issues. As we shall explain, we do not reach the merits of those post-judgment orders because appellant could have, but did not appeal from them, or as in the case of the child custody-related orders, they relate to issues that were not decided in the trial, nor were they part of the judgment on appeal. As for the issues concerning matters embraced by the judgment from which she properly appealed, namely, the characterization of the businesses and the child support order, Court conclude that appellant did not comply with the rules of court in presenting an adequate appellate record to demonstrate error. Nonetheless, based on what evidence is before this court, we conclude that sufficient evidence supported the courts findings as to those issues, and appellant has failed to demonstrate prejudicial error. Consequently Court affirm the judgment.
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