J -S32035-19 NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37 CHRISTOPHER GARY BAYLOR IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA Appellant v. AYANO ETO BAYLOR No. 529 EDA 2019 Appellee Appeal from the Order Entered January 16, 2019 In the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County Civil Division at No(s): 2018-002610 BEFORE: SHOGAN, J., NICHOLS, J., and MURRAY, J. MEMORANDUM BY MURRAY, J.: FILED JULY 22, 2019 Christopher Gary Baylor (Husband) appeals, pro se, from the order denying his complaint for an annulment. Following a careful review of the record and case law relevant to this appeal, we quash. Our review of the certified record reveals that Husband and Ayano Eto Baylor (Wife) met on the internet in 2013. On November 18, 2013, Wife, a citizen of Japan, arrived in the United States after obtaining a K1 fiancé visa. Husband and Wife were married on February 10, 2014 in Dakota County, Minnesota. The parties briefly resided in Minnesota as Husband and Wife before moving to Palm Coast, Florida, where Husband obtained employment. In August 2015, the parties welcomed a child together - the only child born of the relationship. The parties resided in Florida until October 2016, after J -S32035-19 which they moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, and then back to Lonsdale, Minnesota in September 2017. The record further reflects that on October 4, 2017, Wife filed in Minnesota a petition for order for protection (OFP) on behalf of herself and the parties' child, effectively ending the parties' relationship. On November 16, 2017, an evidentiary hearing was held on the petition; the trial court found that Wife testified credibly as to her allegations of domestic abuse and granted the OFP. Wife filed a motion to modify OFP on December 5, 2018, requesting that the court limit communication between the parties. The next day, Husband filed a petition for OFP against Wife and a motion to modify child and spousal support. Husband filed a motion to modify his petition for OFP on January 2, 2018. The trial court held a hearing on Husband and Wife's petitions on January 11, 2018, after which it granted Wife's motion and denied Husband's petitions. Husband appealed the trial court's decision to grant Wife an OFP to the Minnesota Court of Appeals, which affirmed the trial court's OFP on May 14, 2018. The Minnesota Supreme Court denied Husband's petition for allowance of appeal. On April 6, 2018, Husband filed a complaint for an annulment in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Husband filed a petition for the appointment of a special master on April 13, 2018, and a corrected motion for the appointment of a master on May 14, 2018. On May 24, 2018, the trial court appointed R. Scott Aldridge (Master) as special master "for the purpose of -2 J -S32035-19 adjudicating [Husband's] entitlement to an annulment." Master's Report and Recommendation, 9/17/18, at 1 (unpaginated). On September 12, 2018, the Master convened a hearing. Wife appeared by telephone from Minnesota and Husband appeared in person. Wife testified that she ...
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