In re Marriage of Shayan

DISCUSSION

Shahriyar’s only contention on appeal is that an award of attorney fees constitutes a money judgment that is subject to the 10-year limitation period and renewal requirements of Code of Civil Procedure section 683.130, and that Family Code section 291’s exemptions do not apply.

I. Standard of review and rules of statutory

interpretation We review questions of statutory interpretation de novo. (Weatherford v. City of San Rafael (2017) 2 Cal.5th 1241, 1247.) “Our goal in interpreting statutes is ‘ “to ascertain the intent of the enacting legislative body so that we may adopt the

It appears between June 29, 2020 and April 4, 2022, Zohreh applied multiple times for a writ of execution and to renew the August 18, 2010 judgment.

3 construction that best effectuates the purpose of the law.” ’ [Citations.] A step-by-step process of statutory interpretation has been developed by the courts of this state. [Citations.] The ‘ “key to statutory interpretation is applying the rules of statutory construction in their proper sequence . . . as follows: ‘we first look to the plain meaning of the statutory language, then to its legislative history and finally to the…