Request for Order re Spousal or Partner Support, Child Support, Attorney Fees and Costs
1 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 2 COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 3 UNIFIED FAMILY COURT 4
5) 6 DORA LUZ MACIAS SANCHEZ,) Case Number: FDI-24-800170) 7 Petitioner) Hearing Date: August 11, 2026) 8 VS.) Hearing Time: 9:00 AM) 9 ADAN MIGUEL VELAZQUEZ BLAS,) Department: 404) 10 Respondent) Presiding: AI MORI) 11) 12 REQUEST FOR ORDER RE SPOUSAL OR PARTNER SUPPORT, CHILD SUPPORT, ATTORNEY 13 FEES AND COSTS 14 TENTATIVE RULING 15 Having read and considered the pleadings, declarations, and other evidence submitted in this matter, the 16 Court makes the following findings and orders: 17 A. Procedural History 18 1) The parties in this matter are Petitioner Dora Macias Sanchez (Wife) and Respondent Adan 19 Velazquez Blas (Husband).
The parties married on 9/30/2000. The parties agree they separated in 20 December 2023, for a marriage of 23 years and 2 months. The parties have no minor children in 21 common (their child Gabriel turned 18 on 10/6/2025). No Judgment has been entered in this case 22 to date. Both parties are currently self-represented. 23 2) Per the Findings and Order After Hearing filed 12/20/2024, at the prior 12/17/2024 hearing, 24 Judge Costin ordered Husband to pay Wife $1,361 per month in temporary spousal support 25 effective 1/1/2025 (based on Husband’s statement that he earns $7,366 per month as the CEO of a 26 construction company and Wife’s statement that she earns $1,776 per month as a home health 27 aide). 28 3) Per the Findings and Order After Hearing filed 3/21/2025, at the prior 3/20/2025 long-cause 29 hearing, then Commissioner Luna maintained Judge Costin’s order requiring Husband to pay
1 Wife $1,361 per month in temporary spousal support and also ordered Husband to pay Wife 2 $1,365 per month in child support. Commissioner Luna also denied Husband’s request to impute 3 minimum wage to Wife. Commissioner Luna further ordered Husband to pay Wife $5,500 in 4 need-based attorney’s fees. 5 4) Per the Findings and Order After Hearing filed 8/26/2025, at the prior 8/21/2025 hearing, Judge 6 Costin adjudicated Husband’s Request for Order filed 5/27/2025 asking the Court to modify the 7 current support orders based on his statements that he is on disability and not physically able to 8 work.
Husband stated that he had been paying support from his savings which had been depleted. 9 The Court modified the child and spousal support orders and ordered Husband to pay Wife $656 10 per month in guideline child support and $176 per month in guideline spousal support, for a total 11 of $832 per month (based on an imputation of $3,323 in full-time minimum wage income to 12 Husband and a finding that Wife earns average monthly income of $1,800). 13 5) On 9/12/2025, Husband filed a document entitled “Preliminary Declaration of Disclosure.” 14 Husband included as an attachment an Income and Expense Declaration dated 9/2/2025 which 15 states that Husband is unemployed.
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Husband listed Wells Fargo business and personal checking 16 accounts with a balance of $27,000 and $100,000 in a Robin Hood account. 17 6) On 12/11/2025, Wife filed the instant Request for Order. Wife states Husband refuses to provide 18 her with current bank statements. Wife states Judge Costin admonished Husband in September 19 2024 that Mexico had no jurisdiction over the divorce, yet Husband continued with the divorce 20 proceeding in Mexico and received a final judgment in October 2024. Wife states Husband 21 claims he no longer needs to provide material updates regarding his finances to Wife for this 22 reason.
Wife attached a declaration by her older adult son Arturo Macias dated 9/19/2025 who 23 states he saw Husband directing two of his employees to load a truck with construction debris on 24 9/7/2025. Arturo also states that “on a later date,” he encountered Husband at a restaurant and 25 Husband told him that if he testified against him, they would “end up bad” which Arturo states he 26 understood as a threat. Wife attached a photograph which shows a “no stopping” posting for the 27 dates 10/15/2025 – 1/15/2026 which bears an address on Guerrero Street and which also states, 28 “Future General Construction Inc. (415) 373 – 8527.”
Wife further attached a document from the 29 IRS dated 10/14/2025 which states, “The payee information you reported on Form 1099 for tax
1 year 2024 may be incorrect.” Wife states this document shows that Husband was paying his 2 employees and reporting those payments to the IRS. Wife asks the Court to: 3 a. Order Husband to file and serve a current, complete, and accurate Income and Expense 4 Declaration. 5 b. Order Husband to provide all current bank statements, investment account statements, 6 credit card statements, and business records, including but not limited to records of 7 Future General Construction. 8 c. Order monetary sanctions against Husband for failure to comply with disclosure 9 requirements, including attorney’s fees and costs incurred by Wife. 10 d.
Order Husband to pay attorney’s fees for increased litigation caused by his misconduct 11 under Family Code sections 2030 – 2032 and 271. 12 e. Order Husband to produce all contracts, agreements, and related documents for the 13 construction project associated with the city permit issued to Future General 14 Construction, including contracts with property owners, subcontractors, or clients. 15 f. Draw an adverse inference that Husband has been working and earning income during 16 the period he claimed unemployment, based on evidence of construction work, city- 17 issued permits, and business activity. 18 g.
Impute income to Husband consistent with his earning capacity and prior unemployment 19 income. 20 h. Reinstate or modify child and spousal support to reflect Husband’s actual income or 21 earning capacity. 22 i. Order Husband not to transfer, hide, or dissipate assets until property disclosure is 23 provided. 24 j. Order Husband not to close or move accounts without notice to Wife. 25 7) Wife’s 12/11/2025 Request for Order was first set for hearing on 1/16/2026 before Judge Gold. 26 At that hearing, both parties appeared in pro per.
Per the Findings and Order After Hearing filed 27 1/28/2026, Judge Gold denied Wife’s request for discovery because Wife “did not submit the 28 required documents for the discovery motion.” Judge Gold also continued the hearing on Wife’s 29 requests for support and attorney’s fees to 3/17/2026 in Dept. 404.
1 8) At the 3/17/2026 hearing, the Court ordered the parties to appear in order for the Court to hear 2 additional argument from the parties. At the time the case was called, Husband was present, but 3 Wife was not. The Court continued the hearing to 4/9/2026 because it believed Wife had 4 appeared on Zoom at some point that morning and because a Spanish interpreter was not 5 available to translate for Husband. 6 9) On 3/30/2026, Husband filed a Responsive Declaration. Husband states he previously provided 7 bank and financial records for 2024 and 2025, including records through October and November 8 2025, and that Wife is seeking duplicative information.
Husband states that the construction 9 project referenced by Wife was permitted in October 2025, work began in early November 2025, 10 and the project is being performed by licensed subcontractors. Husband states that no net income 11 has yet been realized and any funds received have been used to pay subcontractors and materials. 12 Husband states his anticipated compensation is approximately 10% and has not yet been received. 13 Husband states that their son Gabriel turned 18 on 10/6/2025 and he requested documentation 14 verifying that Gabriel is still enrolled and attending high school, but no documentation has been 15 provided.
Husband states that in January 2026 he visited Downtown High School and was told 16 that Gabriel was completing the remainder of his coursework online, had accumulated 90 work 17 hours during that semester, and was expected to finish his coursework in February 2026. Husband 18 states that because Gabriel has not been a full-time high school student, he is not obligated to 19 continue to pay child support for Gabriel. Husband further asks the Court to strike or disregard 20 Exhibit F of Wife’s Request for Order which consist of an IRS notice which was addressed to 21 Husband’s business entity and was opened and submitted without his authorization.
Husband 22 attached to his declaration: an Income and Expense Declaration stating that he is currently 23 earning $0, a contract for Future General Construction dated October 2025, various subcontractor 24 agreements, bank statements for October – November 2025, various medical records for himself, 25 an English translation of a divorce certificate from Mexico (which Husband represents granted a 26 divorce of the parties on 12/13/2024, but does not address any support or property issue), and a 27 letter dated 1/22/2026 from Downtown High School which states: “Gabriel Vazquez... is taking 28 an online course with us and is halfway through.
He should be done in February. Also he is 29
1 submitting 90 work hours this semester and then he will be officially done. Gabriel will have a 2 ceremony in June.” 3 10) There is no Proof of Service on file for Husband’s 3/30/2026 Responsive Declaration. 4 11) At the 4/9/2026 hearing, Wife appeared but Husband did not. The Court continued the matter to 5 6/2/2026. The Court also ordered Husband to file a Proof of Service confirming that his 6 Responsive Declaration was served on Wife. 7 12) On 5/22/2026, Wife filed a Declaration which Wife states is “in response to Respondent’s 8 declaration.”
Wife provided records which Wife states show the following projects and permits 9 associated with Husband: 2134 Lincoln Way, San Francisco — Application No. 202405142072, 10 permit triage date May 14, 2024, final inspection/completion July 15, 2024; 3562 Sacramento 11 Street, San Francisco — Application No. 202504245119, permit date April 24, 2025, stated 12 permit price approximately $20,000, and records showing the project reached completion/final 13 stage around November 21, 2025; 4490 Mission Street, San Francisco — Application No. 14 202604300436, permit date April 30, 2026, final inspection/completion May 19, 2026; and 15 additional projects appearing in public records include 1675 Eddy Street, 651 37th Avenue, 332 16 Fell Street, and additional construction-related projects during 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026.
Wife 17 states that Husband stopped paying child and spousal support after October 2025. Wife 18 acknowledges that Gabriel turned 18 on 10/6/2025, but states that support can continue for a child 19 who is a full-time high school student. Wife states that Husband should not be permitted to 20 selectively use school-related information solely for purposes of avoiding support obligations. 21 Wife asks the Court to: 22 a. Order Husband to provide documentary proof of his claims that the construction project 23 referenced by Wife was performed by subcontractors and that funds received were paid 24 for subcontractors and materials and that his compensation from the project was expected 25 to be only 10% 26 b.
Order Husband to disclose all personal and business accounts, including any accounts 27 connected to Zelle, Venmo, Cash App, Apple Pay, PayPal, or similar payment 28 applications 29
1 c. Order Husband to provide current, complete medical records to support his claims that he 2 cannot perform physical labor due to medical conditions 3 d. Order Husband to provide complete records relating to any Uber, Lyft, or other rideshare 4 or delivery platform accounts operated by Husband because Husband previously 5 represented that he purchased a vehicle so he could work for Uber 6 e. Order Husband to provide copies of his complete passport records showing repeated 7 travel between the United States and Mexico 8 f.
Deny Husband’s request to strike the IRS notice which she states supports her need for 9 further disclosure and investigation regarding Husband’s business and potential reporting 10 issues involving payments. Wife states the IRS notice was not improperly obtained as it 11 was received at her home address. 12 g. Disregard any documents or proceedings from Mexico as Husband did not provide 13 properly authenticated records, certified translations, and competent evidence 14 establishing their reliability.
Wife also argues this case is pending in California, both 15 parties reside in the United States, and support obligations should be determined under 16 California law and based on reliable evidence. 17 h. Maintain or reinstate appropriate child and spousal support orders 18 i. Order payment of arrears and any unpaid support obligations 19 13) There is no Proof of Service on file for Wife’s 5/22/2026 Declaration. 20 14) At the prior 6/2/2026 hearing, the Court made the following orders (in addition to other orders 21 outlined in the Findings and Order After Hearing filed 6/26/2026): 22 a.
Wife’s request that the Court order Husband to provide documentation regarding his 23 business activities, earnings, financial holdings, medical condition, and travel is denied. If 24 there is additional information that Wife seeks, she may conduct discovery. 25 b. Regarding Wife’s request to increase child and temporary spousal support based on 26 purported additional earnings by Husband, the Court finds that the limited evidence that 27 Wife has presented to date does not clearly show that Husband is earning more than the 28 amount the Court previously imputed to Husband (i.e., $3,323 per month in full-time 29 minimum wage income).
Wife’s request to modify the income attributed to Husband for
1 purposes of calculating child or temporary spousal support is therefore denied. As stated 2 above, Wife may conduct discovery. If she discovers additional admissible evidence that 3 supports her claims, she may file a new Request for Order. 4 c. The termination of child support (due to Gabriel’s graduation from high school on 5 6/1/2026) warrants a modification of temporary spousal support. Effective 6/1/2026, in 6 accordance with the XSpouse attached hereto and incorporated herein (which uses the 7 same inputs for the parties’ incomes used in the XSpouse attached to the Findings and 8 Order After Hearing filed 8/26/2025), Husband is ordered to pay Wife $306 per month in 9 temporary guideline spousal support, which Husband shall pay Wife by the 15th of each 10 month. 11 d.
A future hearing date is set for Tuesday, 8/11/2026 at 9:00 AM in Dept. 404 on the 12 following limited issues: 13 i. Whether Gabriel was a full-time high school student between the date Gabriel 14 turned 18 (10/6/2025) and the date Gabriel graduated high school (6/1/2026) and 15 whether Wife is entitled to child support for the period 10/6/2025 – 6/1/2026; 16 ii. Whether Wife is entitled to a modification of spousal support between the date 17 she filed her Request for Order (12/11/2025) and the effective date of the spousal 18 support modification set forth above (6/1/2026). 19 iii.
Whether Wife is entitled to child and spousal support arrears for unpaid support 20 to date. 21 e. No later than 8/3/2026, the parties shall file and serve any additional documentation the 22 parties wish the Court to review regarding the issues outlined above, including 23 documentation showing: (a) the dates and amounts Husband had paid for child and 24 temporary spousal support to date and whether he owes any arrears and (b) whether 25 Gabriel was a full-time high school student between the date Gabriel turned 18 26 (10/6/2025) and the date Gabriel graduated high school (6/1/2026). 27 15) On 7/23/2026, Husband filed a Request for Order asking the set temporary spousal support at $0 28 because he had a total hip replacement on 6/23/2026 and has been medically ordered not to work 29
1 for six months. That Request for Order is set to be heard on 9/11/2026. Attached to Husband’s 2 Request for Order are documents which appear to show payments to Wife as follows: 3 a. $1,000 on 9/9/2025 4 b. $832 on 9/9/2025 5 c. $832 on 10/7/2025 6 d. $176 on 11/9/2025 7 e. $176 on 12/14/2025 8 f. $176 on 1/15/2026 9 g. $176 on 2/18/2026 10 h. $176 on 3/28/2026 11 i. $176 on 4/30/2026 12 j. Three payments of $176 on 6/22/2026 13 16) Per the Proof of Service field 7/24/2026, Husband’s Request for Order and related moving papers 14 were mailed to Wife on 7/23/2026. 15 17) On 7/27/2026, Wife filed a Declaration.
Wife’s declaration is 14 pages long and contains 112 16 pages of exhibits. The Court notes Wife’s declaration does not contain any information regarding 17 whether Gabriel was a full-time high school student between the date Gabriel turned 18 18 (10/6/2025) and the date Gabriel graduated high school (6/1/2026). Wife asks the Court to: 19 a. Enforce the Court’s existing temporary spousal support orders and determine the amount 20 of any unpaid support based upon the evidence presented. 21 b. Consider Petitioner’s renewed request for attorney’s fees based upon the additional 22 documentation now submitted and the applicable provisions of California law. 23 c.
Permit Petitioner to conduct additional discovery concerning Respondent’s financial 24 circumstances, business activities, real property, vehicles, bank accounts, and other 25 assets. 26 d. Order Respondent to produce documents relating to international travel, including 27 passport records, passport stamp pages, airline itineraries, boarding passes, travel 28 reservations, entry and exit records, and documents relating to medical treatment relied 29
1 upon to explain or justify travel to Mexico, to the extent such documents are within 2 Respondent’s possession, custody, or control and are discoverable under applicable law. 3 e. Order Respondent to provide complete financial disclosures and produce all documents 4 relating to income, assets, liabilities, businesses, real property, vehicles, financial 5 accounts, and any assets located in Mexico or held directly or indirectly for Respondent’s 6 benefit, to the extent such documents are within Respondent’s possession, custody, or 7 control and are discoverable under applicable law. 8 f.
Grant such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper under the 9 California Family Code and all other applicable law. 10 18) There is no Proof of Service on file for Wife’s 7/27/2026 declaration. 11 B. Findings and Order 12 1) The parties are reminded there are three limited issues set for hearing on 8/11/2026: (a) Whether 13 Gabriel was a full-time high school student between the date Gabriel turned 18 (10/6/2025) and 14 the date Gabriel graduated high school (6/1/2026) and whether Wife is entitled to child support 15 for the period 10/6/2025 – 6/1/2026; (b) Whether Wife is entitled to a modification of spousal 16 support between the date she filed her Request for Order (12/11/2025) and the effective date of 17 the spousal support modification set forth above (6/1/2026); and (c) whether Wife is entitled to 18 child and spousal support arrears for unpaid support to date. 19 2) Neither party submitted any additional information regarding whether Gabriel was a full-time 20 high school student between the date Gabriel turned 18 (10/6/2025) and the date Gabriel 21 graduated high school (6/1/2026) and whether Wife is entitled to child support for the period 22 10/6/2025 – 6/1/2026.
The Court will therefore not order Husband to pay child support to Wife 23 for the period 10/6/2025 – 6/1/2026 at this time, and the Court reserves jurisdiction to adjudicate 24 this issue. 25 3) Because the Court is not making a finding regarding whether Wife is entitled to child support for 26 the period 10/6/2025 through 6/1/2026, the Court is likewise not making a finding regarding 27 whether Wife is entitled to a modification of spousal support between the date she filed her 28 Request for Order (12/11/2025) and the effective date of the spousal support modification set 29 forth above (6/1/2026).
The Court reserves jurisdiction to adjudicate this issue.
1 4) Per the Findings and Order After Hearing filed 8/26/2025, Judge Costin ordered Husband to pay 2 Wife $656 per month in guideline child support and $176 per month in guideline spousal support, 3 for a total of $832 per month, effective 9/1/2025. The Court finds that Husband made the 4 following payments to Wife between September 2025 and June 2026: 5 a. $1,000 on 9/9/2025 6 b. $832 on 9/9/2025 7 c. $832 on 10/7/2025 8 d. $176 on 11/9/2025 9 e. $176 on 12/14/2025 10 f. $176 on 1/15/2026 11 g. $176 on 2/18/2026 12 h. $176 on 3/28/2026 13 i. $176 on 4/30/2026 14 j.
Three payments of $176 on 6/22/2026 (Husband states these payments were for May 15 2026, June 2026, and July 2026) 16 5) Based on the payments outlined above, the Court does not find Husband owes Wife any spousal 17 support arrears for the period September 2025 through July 2026. As stated above, the Court’s 18 jurisdiction over the issues regarding child support owed during the period 10/6/2025 – 6/1/2026 19 is reserved, and so the Court will not make findings at this time regarding whether any child 20 support arrears are due for that period. 21 6) All other requests set forth in Wife’s 7/27/2026 declaration are denied without prejudice to a new 22 Request for Order.
The Court also notes that Wife does not need the Court’s “permission” for her 23 to conduct discovery. 24 7) The Court will prepare the Findings and Order After Hearing. 25
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