Jovaag

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

The underlying action for division of Ms. Jovaag and Mr. Ott‟s jointly held property was tried in May 2011. The court ruled in favor of Mr. Ott, and issued an injunction freezing all of Ms. Jovaag‟s accounts. Ms. Jovaag and Mr. Ott appeared for further hearing on the matter on May 16, 2011, and entered into a global settlement of all issues. On July 20, 2011, a judgment was entered in favor of Mr. Ott. Part of the judgment required Ms. Jovaag to execute an interspousal transfer deed of trust to real property. In January 2012, Ms. Jovaag filed a complaint against Champion, and Cathy Wong, a notary public, who notarized the interspousal transfer deed. The complaint alleged fraud, notary fraud, real estate fraud, and negligence in connection with the notarizing of the transfer deed. The basis of Ms. Jovaag‟s allegations is her belief that Ms. Wong conspired with Mr. Ott and Mr. Jensen to “ambush” Ms. Jovaag into signing the interspousal transfer deed knowing that she had never been legally married to Mr. Ott. On February 22, 2012, Champion and Ms. Wong filed a demurrer to the complaint pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 430.10, subdivision (f).2 On…