Nguyen

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The present litigation arises out of a dispute between Appellants, a married couple, and Nguyen’s adult daughter, Nicole Czygan, over a single family residence in San Diego. Appellants filed a complaint against Czygan in 2017, and Czygan responded with a cross-complaint (the 2017 matter). According to Appellants, Nguyen purchased the property in 1993 and has lived there ever since. Beginning in 1997, Czygan assisted Nguyen with his finances and in 1998, at Czygan’s urging, Nguyen borrowed $160,000 against the property as a loan to his former wife, Czygan’s mother. Nguyen filed for bankruptcy in 1999, and thereafter missed payments on the mortgage, allegedly due to misinformation from Czygan. The mortgage company filed a notice of default in 2003. When Nguyen became engaged to Tuong in 2005, Czygan did not approve and became angry. For years after, Czygan made false statements and manipulated Nguyen, forcing him to pay her to live in his own home. Appellants asserted causes of action for elder and financial abuse, fraud, and quiet title, among others, against Czygan. Czygan alleged that she tried to help Nguyen throughout her adult life, but…