Ruiz v. Kinoshita

Panel: Meredith, Arthur, Leahy, JJ.

Leahy, J.

*401Antonio Ruiz ("Appellant") and Yuko Kinoshita ("Appellee") were married in 2004. They have two children. Yuko filed the underlying divorce in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County in 2016.1 The court bifurcated proceedings into two "stages": (1) "custody" and (2) "remaining issues." In a series of orders entered between August and December 2016, the court enforced a post-nuptial agreement and the transfer of a condominium property to Yuko pursuant thereto; ratified a consent order the parties reached as to custody and access; and awarded Yuko…