Magda Rodrigues v. Robert Montero Deoliveira

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

5) 6 MAGDA RODRIGUES,) Case Number: FDI-20-793903) 7 Petitioner) Hearing Date: July 16, 2026) 8 VS.) Hearing Time: 9:00 AM) 9 ROBERT MONTERO DEOLIVEIRA,) Department: 404) 10 Respondent) Presiding: AI MORI) 11) 12 OTHER REVIEW HEARING 13 TENTATIVE RULING 14 The parties are ordered to appear in-person or by Zoom. Both parties shall bring to the hearing 15 fully completed Income and Expense Declarations. 16 If a party chooses to appear by Zoom, that party must abide by the Notice and Instructions for 17 Remote Appearance in San Francisco Family Court set forth above. 18

19 A. Procedural History 20 1) Petitioner Magda Rodrigues (Wife) and Respondent Robert Deoliveiro (Husband) married on 21 8/29/1998 and separated in February 2019, for a marriage of 20 years and 5 months. The parties 22 have no minor children. Wife is represented by attorney Michelle Harris. Husband is self- 23 represented. 24 2) On 10/31/2022, a Stipulated Judgment was entered which provides in relevant part: 25 a. “The current spousal support order filed April 12th, 2021 shall remain in full force and 26 effect until June 1st, 2027, meaning five years from June 1st, 2022 to capture Robert’s 27 wages and salary $4,720 per month, i.e. the Dissomaster listed as Exhibit B to said 28 FOAH. To capture the bonus support from the period of separation through June 1st, 29 2027, commissions and RSUs, or any other outside consulting work, the parties agree to a

1 lump sum buy-out proposal of $126,297.27 for that amount. On June 1st, 2027, spousal 2 support shall then drop to zero but the court retains jurisdiction with Magda having the 3 burden to show need and the ability to pay... Spousal support is modifiable upon a 4 showing that his income from all sources has decreased involuntarily and has decreased 5 to $160,000 or below. Spousal support shall terminate on the death of either party or 6 MAGDA’s remarriage.” 7 3) The support order filed 4/12/2021 is based on Husband’s earning $14,560 per month in wages 8 and salary and $4,166 per month in other taxable income, and Wife’s earning $2,665 in other 9 taxable income. 10 4) On 11/14/2025, Husband filed a Request for Order seeking to modify spousal support to $0 11 effective 11/24/2025 due to involuntary termination from employment effective 11/24/2025. 12 5) At the prior 1/29/2026 hearing, pursuant to an agreement of the parties, the Court ordered the 13 following: 14 a.

Spousal support was set to $0 effective 12/1/2025. 15 b. The Court’s jurisdiction was reserved to modify spousal support retroactive to the date 16 Husband obtains employment. 17 c. Husband was ordered to keep Wife’s counsel informed of any new employment. 18 d. A review hearing was set for 4/23/2026 (which was later continued by agreement of the 19 parties to 7/14/2026). 20 e. Wife’s attorney was ordered to prepare the Findings and Order After Hearing. 21 6) On 7/14/2026, Wife’s attorney filed a declaration stating: “Respondent recently obtained work. 22 Unfortunately, we have not had time to meet and confer to discuss the new support amount. 23 Accordingly, the undersigned requests that the Court order appearances, pass the matter, and 24 Petitioner’s counsel will ‘meet and confer’ with Respondent, in pro per, during the morning.” 25 7) Other than the 7/14/2026 pleadings mentioned above, there have been no pleadings filed in this 26 case since the prior 1/29/2026 hearing date. 27 B.