Anne Perry Brennan v. Paul Brennan

Respondent Paul Brennan (Father) filed a request for order (RFO) on December 23, 2025, requesting Petitioner Anne Brennan (Mother) Mother pay him child support. The Court issued a ruling on March 10, 2026 which Father seeks to set aside based on Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) section 473(b).

Father did not appear at the March 10, 2026 hearing based on his belief that the matter would be continued pursuant to an agreement with Mother’s counsel. The Court grants Father’s request to set aside the March 10, 2026 order based on CCP section 473(b).

Mother provided a guideline calculation, claims a 50/50 timeshare and requests 50/50 share of certain add-on costs, specifically a tutor for their minor daughter Maeve, guitar lessons, and school lunches.

The Court recalculates child support as follows:

Father’s monthly inputs

1. $1,544 government assistance

2. $2,175 tax free disability income

3. Father files as head of household and declares both daughters as dependents.

4. Maeve lives primarily with Father (90% timeshare)

Mother’s monthly inputs

1. $2,541 interest income

2. $10,750 other taxable income (4.3% interest on $3 million cash)

3. $1,305 Health insurance paid by Mother

4. Mother files jointly with her new husband.

5. Mother has 10% timeshare with Maeve.

Mother’s request to attribute the loans Father received from his family as income is denied. The Court finds that while Maeve may have recently spend more time with Mother, on average during the relevant period the time share is 90/10.

Effective December 23, 2025, based on the foregoing, the court calculates child support to be $2,184, payable by Mother to Father. See the XSpouse calculation attached as Exhibit A. Child support is due one-half on the 1st and one-half on the 15th of each month, continuing until further order of the court, or until the child marries, dies, is emancipated, reaches age 19, or reaches age 18 and is not a full-time high school student, whichever occurs first.

As and for additional child support, the parties shall share proportionately in all uninsured medical costs, with Mother paying 75% and Father paying 25%, pursuant to the procedure and guideline set forth in the attached Form FL-292. The Court finds that the tutoring costs for Maeve are reasonable and necessary, given her grades, and the parties shall also share in the tutoring costs for Maeve, with Mother paying 75% and Father paying 25%.