Marriage of Yu CA4/3

FACTS

Many years after their divorce, Tsai and David Yu returned to court to dispute the division of company stock held as community property, among other issues. The parties stipulated to a private temporary judge, who would preside over submitted issues “until the conclusion . . . or December 31, 2021 [(the stipulated deadline)], whichever occurs first.” On January 10, 2023, which was well after the stipulated deadline, the temporary judge issued a tentative ruling adverse to Tsai on the first of 17 submitted issues. A month later, Tsai filed a request for order (RFO) asking the trial court to find the temporary judge’s appointment had expired over a year

1 We also deny Tsai’s motion to augment the record because the documents requested are not relevant, given the dismissal of this appeal.

2 ago and to vacate all orders issued by the temporary judge after the stipulated deadline. The court denied the RFO, finding the parties, by their conduct, impliedly consented to the temporary judge’s continuing jurisdiction to decide the remaining 16 issues. The court’s ruling spans two orders: one filed April 17, 2023, and another filed October 4, 2023 (collectively, the 2023 RFOs). Tsai…