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I. BACKGROUND

The parties have supplied only a limited record for our review. Christine elected to prepare an appendix under California Rules of Court, rule 8.124 and to proceed without a record of any oral proceedings.2 Her appendix includes only two documents— the minute order entered after the trial court’s ultimate hearing on Alan’s motion and the written order granting the motion. She separately provided a copy of the superior court’s register of actions as of January 2023. Alan’s appendix adds only a minute order entered after an earlier hearing on the same motion.3 Alan initiated this action against Christine and Karen in 2016. The action involves the disposition of real property. During some stages of the proceedings, Christine and Karen were represented by counsel; at other times they were self-represented. At a mandatory settlement conference in July 2019, the parties reached a settlement agreement under Code of Civil Procedure section 664.6.4 The parties stipulated to the entry of an order specifying that Alan currently owns an undivided 50 percent interest in a single-family home in Santa Clara County, while Christine and Karen each own an undivided 25 percent…