Marriage of Weetly CA2/5

I. BACKGROUND

A. Marriage Dissolution Judgment Andrea and Louis were married in December 2001. They separated in July 2019, and Andrea petitioned for divorce in September 2019. On May 3, 2022, following a bench trial, the trial court entered a judgment dissolving Andrea and Louis’s marriage. Among other things, the court directed the sale of the family home and detailed the process by which a real estate broker was to be selected. The court ordered the parties to cooperate with brokers, buyers, escrow companies, appraisers, and others involved in the sale, and warned that “[f]ailure to cooperate in the sale” could result in various adverse consequences, including monetary sanctions. The court reserved jurisdiction over “all aspects” of the court-ordered sale and its enforcement. The May 2022 judgment also denied Andrea’s request for need-based attorney’s fees. In addition, pursuant to Family Code

1 We follow the custom in family law proceedings of referring to the parties by their first names. (Anna M. v. Jeffrey E. (2017) 7 Cal.App.5th 439, 443, fn. 1.)

2 section 217,2 the court sanctioned Andrea in the amount of $1,000 for her lack of cooperation in discussions with…