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In re Marriage of Jahangiri

Court of Appeals of Oregon
Apr 5, 2023
325 Or. App. 213 (Or. Ct. App. 2023)

Opinion

A171964

04-05-2023

In the Matter of the Marriage of Bahram JAHANGIRI, Petitioner-Appellant, and Bonnie Marie JAHANGIRI, nka Bonnie Marie French, Respondent-Respondent.

Bahram Jahangiri filed the brief pro se.


This is a nonprecedential memorandum opinion pursuant to ORAP 10.30 and may not be cited except as provided in ORAP 10.30(1).

Submitted February 3, 2023

Multnomah County Circuit Court 14DR08006; Amy Holmes Hehn, Judge.

Bahram Jahangiri filed the brief pro se.

No appearance for respondent.

Before Tookey, Presiding Judge, and Egan, Judge, and Kamins, Judge.

Affirmed.

KAMINS, J.

Husband appeals from a general judgment of dissolution, raising eight assignments of error pertaining to the trial court's property division and spousal support award. Unfortunately, we are unable to review the assignments of error, because the record on appeal does not contain any of the transcripts of the dissolution trial where evidence and testimony were presented.

Absent exceptional circumstances justifying review de novo, we review the trial court's decision as to a property division and spousal support for an abuse of discretion. See Morgan and Morgan, 269 Or.App. 156, 161, 166, 344 P.3d 81, rev den, 357 Or. 595 (2015) (so stating for property division and spousal support awards). "Absent an error in methodology or an outcome outside of the legally permissible range, we will affirm a trial court's determination as to what property division is just and proper." Van Winkel and Van Winkel, 289 Or.App. 805, 810, 412 P.3d 243, rev den, 363 Or. 224 (2018); see Berg and Berg, 250 Or.App. 1, 2, 279 P.3d 286 (2012) (trial court's spousal support award will be upheld if it represents "a choice among legally correct alternatives").

To facilitate our review, the "appellant bears the burden of providing a record sufficient to demonstrate that error occurred." Ferguson v. Nelson, 216 Or.App. 541, 549,174 P.3d 620 (2007). If the record is insufficient, we may decline to review the issue. ORS 19.365(5). We recognize that, as a pro se appellant, husband may not have realized the necessity of the trial transcripts to our review on appeal. However, on this record, which does not contain the evidence presented at the dissolution trial, we cannot determine whether the trial court made a choice that was outside of the range of legally permissible outcomes. Because the trial transcripts are necessary to evaluate husband's assignments of error and they have not been provided, we conclude that the issues raised in husband's appeal are unreviewable.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

In re Marriage of Jahangiri

Court of Appeals of Oregon
Apr 5, 2023
325 Or. App. 213 (Or. Ct. App. 2023)
Case details for

In re Marriage of Jahangiri

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Marriage of Bahram JAHANGIRI, Petitioner-Appellant…

Court:Court of Appeals of Oregon

Date published: Apr 5, 2023

Citations

325 Or. App. 213 (Or. Ct. App. 2023)