Request for order re: termination of marital status and judgment on all reserved issues
1 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 2 COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 3 UNIFIED FAMILY COURT 4
5) 6 TODD GEORGOPAPADAKOS,) Case Number: FDI-22-796813) 7 Petitioner) Hearing Date: June 9, 2026) 8 VS.) Hearing Time: 9:00 AM) 9 TANYA GEORGOPAPADAKOS,) Department: 404) 10 Respondent) Presiding: ROGER CHAN) 11) 12 REQUEST FOR ORDER RE: TERMINATION OF MARITAL STATUS AND JUDGMENT ON ALL 13 RESERVED ISSUES 14 TENTATIVE RULING 15 A. Procedural History 16 1) Petitioner Todd Georgopapadakos (Husband) and Respondent Tanya Georgopapadakos (Wife) 17 married on 6/9/2022 and separated on 11/2/2021 for a marriage of 25 years and 5 months.
The 18 parties do not have minor children. Both parties are currently self-represented. 19 2) On 3/26/2025, following a three-afternoon trial in Dept. 404, Judge Costin issued a Final 20 Statement of Decision in which Judge Costin (a) found that Wife breached her fiduciary duties to 21 Husband; (b) divided some but not all of the parties’ community property; (c) adjudicated 22 permanent spousal support for Wife; and (d) awarded Husband $50,000 in Family Code section 23 271 attorney’s fees sanctions.
Judge Costin did not terminate the parties’ marital status during the 24 long-cause hearings or within her Final Statement of Decision. Judge Costin noted in her Final 25 Statement of Decision: “The Court... was not tasked... with valuation or division of the entirety 26 of the parties’ other assets and debts. The issues adjudicated by the Court were those framed by 27 the parties in Todd’s 7/19/24 RFO and Tanya’s subsequent responsive pleadings. The parties still 28 need to either reach agreement or schedule an additional trial for the Court to adjudicate any 29
1 remaining issues... If they are unable to reach agreement, the next step would be for the parties to 2 file an At Issue Memorandum...” 3 3) Now on for hearing is Husband’s Request for Order filed 4/10/2026 wherein Husband asks the 4 Court to (a) terminate the parties’ marital status nunc pro tunc to 2/19/2026 or alternatively to the
5 earliest date permitted by law; (b) “confirm that all issues have been resolved pursuant to the 6 Final Statement of Decision field March 26, 2025, the executed Green Island FIT LLC Buyout 7 Agreement dated December 4, 2025, and the Judgment filed February 19, 2026, and there are no 8 remaining issues requiring further adjudication except as specifically reserved therein.” 9 4) On 5/26/2026, Wife filed a Responsive Declaration stating that all issues have not been resolved. 10 Wife states that there is no basis for dissolving the parties’ marital status nunc pro tunc. Wife 11 states that “the proper procedure is a noticed motion under Family Code 2337 with the required 12 declarations regarding health insurance, retirement, taxes, and Social Security – none of which
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13 Petitioner has filed.” Wife also states that Husband is in “active breach” of Judge Costin’s 14 Statement of Decision. 15 B. Findings and Order 16 The Court has read and considered the pleadings, declarations, and other evidence submitted in this 17 matter. For good cause shown, the Court makes the following findings and orders: 18 1) Final orders regarding the entirety of the parties’ community estate have not yet been made. 19 Husband’s request to terminate the parties’ marital status is denied without prejudice to a proper 20 motion brought under Family Code section 2337.
21 2) Husband’s request that the Court find that there remain no issues to be resolved in the parties’ 22 case is denied without prejudice to the Court’s ability to adjudicate this request at trial. 23 3) The Court will prepare the Findings and Order After Hearing. 24
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