Wyatt

INTRODUCTION

Under Code of Civil Procedure section 664.61 the trial court, upon a motion by a party or parties to a stipulation to settle a case, may enter judgment pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreement. The court cannot modify the terms of the parties’ settlement or enter a judgment that differs from the parties’ settlement. The only question before the court on a motion under section 664.6 to enforce a settlement is whether the parties entered into a valid and binding settlement agreement. If they did, the court may enter judgment pursuant to the agreement’s terms. And that’s all the court can do under section 664.6. Lionel A. Wyatt2 appeals from a judgment of dismissal entered after the trial court ruled on motions by all parties to enforce a settlement agreement under section 664.6. (The settled dispute relates to a lien the City of Los Angeles imposed on Wyatt’s property.) The parties agreed they entered into a valid settlement agreement, but disagreed whether the City (and the County of Los Angeles, as the City’s collection agent) complied

Undesignated statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure. Wyatt filed his petition on behalf of…