Jun Wei v. Manshui Chan

1 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 2 COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 3 UNIFIED FAMILY COURT 4

5) 6 JUN WEI,) Case Number: FDI-25-801335) 7 Petitioner) Hearing Date: May 21, 2026) 8 VS.) Hearing Time: 9:00 AM) 9 MANSHUI CHAN,) Department: 404) 10 Respondent) Presiding: AI MORI) 11) 12 REQUEST FOR ORDER RE: BIFURCATION FOR STATUS ONLY JUDGMENT OF DISSOLUTION 13 TENTATIVE RULING 14 Having read and considered the pleadings, declarations, and other evidence submitted in this matter, the 15 Court makes the following findings and orders: 16 A. Procedural History 17 1) The parties in this matter are Petitioner Jun Wei and Respondent Mansui Chan.

The parties 18 married on 12/27/1996. Neither party listed a date of separation on their Petition or Response. 19 The parties have no minor children in common. Petitioner is represented by attorney John Chow. 20 Respondent was self-represented when the Response to the Petition was filed on 8/4/2025. 21 However, in Respondent’s Declaration Regarding Service of Declaration of Disclosure filed 22 3/16/2026, attorney Joseph Tse is listed as Respondent’s attorney (the Court notes, however, that 23 there is no Substitution of Attorney on file for Joseph Tse). 24 2) On for hearing is Petitioner’s Request for Order filed 1/20/2026 asking the Court to bifurcate and 25 terminate the parties’ marital status. 26 3) Per the Proof of Service filed 1/30/2026, Petitioner’s Request for Order was mailed to 27 Respondent on 1/22/2026. 28

1 4) The prior 3/19/2026 hearing was continued to 5/21/2026 by the Court because Petitioner did not 2 file the mandatory Request for Separate Trial (FL-315) form with Petitioner’s 1/20/2026 Request 3 for Order. 4 5) On 5/7/2026, Petitioner filed a Declaration to which a Request for Separate Trial (FL-315) form

5 is attached. Under the prompt which reads: “All pension or retirement plans in which the 6 community has an interest are listed below,” Petitioner wrote “Petitioner’s FL 160 discloses a 7 related asset under profit sharing, IRAs, deferred compensation, and annuities, with division 8 reserved.” 9 6) There is no Proof of Service on file showing service of Petitioner’s 5/7/2026 Declaration. 10 7) Respondent has not filed any pleadings responding to Petitioner’s 1/20/2026 Request for Order. 11 B. Findings and Order 12 1) The hearing on Petitioner’s request to bifurcate and terminate the parties’ marital status is

13 continued once more to Thursday, 8/13/2026 at 9:00 AM in Dept. 404. 14 2) At least 20 calendar days prior to the next hearing date, Petitioner shall file and serve a new 15 Request for Separate Trial (FL-315) form which specifies what type of asset is the asset Petitioner 16 listed under the “profit sharing, IRAs, deferred compensation, and annuities” section of 17 Petitioner’s Property Declaration (FL-160). For instance, is it a pension plan, is it an IRA, is it a 18 401(k) and what is the name of the plan. The Court needs this information in order to assess 19 whether the retirement plan needs to be joined as a party to this proceeding under Family Code 20 section 2337(d)(1).