Christopher Marsh v. Vesna Marsh

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

5) 6 CHRISTOPHER MARSH,) Case Number: FDI-15-783933) 7 Petitioner) Hearing Date: May 26, 2026) 8 VS.) Hearing Time: 9:00 AM) 9 VESNA MARSH,) Department: 404) 10 Respondent) Presiding: AI MORI) 11) 12 REQUEST FOR ORDER: ENFORCE JUDGMENT RE AVIVA UK PENSION(S) 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) Petitioner Christopher Marsh (Husband) and Respondent Vesna Marsh (Wife) entered into a 18 Stipulated Judgment which was filed on 11/24/2021.

Both parties are currently self-represented. 19 2) Paragraph 3(G) of the Stipulated Judgment filed on 11/24/2021 provides in relevant part: 20 a. “Vesna is awarded the following retirement accounts and all funds held therein: Aviva/Tk 21 Account xxx-8658, and...Aviva/Tk Account xxx-1899. The accounts are currently in 22 Chris’ name. The parties will meet and confer and work together in preparing the 23 necessary documents for the accounts to be transferred to Vesna’s name. The cost of 24 preparation of any documents necessary to effectuate the transfer shall be split 50/50 25 between the parties.” 26 3) No substantive pleadings were filed in this matter since entry of Judgment until Wife filed the 27 instant Request for Order on 3/13/2026.

Wife states that Aviva, which is a United Kingdom 28 pension entity, has informed Wife that it requires an England and Wales pension sharing order 29 before it can transfer the Aviva accounts into Wife’s name. Wife states that at the time of

1 settlement, she agreed to accept Husband’s Aviva UK pension interests because she “understood 2 their value to be roughly equivalent to a premarital gift from my parents that was at issue in the 3 settlement discussions” but she “did not then understand the later implementation problems 4 associated with transferring those pension interests under United Kingdom rules.” Wife states she 5 has attempted to work with Husband regarding these issues but he has not been cooperative and 6 he has failed to sign a Letter of Authority to authorize her to obtain plan-specific information 7 from Aviva directly.

Wife asks the Court to: 8 a. Order Husband to cooperate in providing information and authorizations necessary for 9 valuation, including ordering Husband to sign any reasonable authorization or other 10 document necessary to obtain information from Aviva or to carry out any other order the 11 Court makes regarding valuation and enforcement; 12 b. Award Wife an equalizing offset from other property or assets if direct transfer of the 13 Aviva pension interests cannot be completed; and 14 c. Reserve jurisdiction to make any additional orders necessary to effectuate the Judgment 15 and achieve an equal division of the community property awarded by the Judgment. 16 4) Per the Proof of Service filed 4/24/2026, Wife’s Request for Order, blank Responsive 17 Declaration, and the Tentative Ruling Instructions were personally served on Husband on 18 4/3/2026. 19 5) Husband did not file a Responsive Declaration. 20 B.