Marriage of Richards CA4/3

FACTS

I.

DISSOLUTION ACTION AND JUDGMENT

Ryal filed a petition for dissolution of the parties’ marriage in 2015.2 The parties filed a largely handwritten stipulation and order for judgment in 2017. The stipulation addressed issues including the disposition

1 Because the parties share a last name, we will refer to them by

their first names.

2 We grant Alicia’s April 2, 2024, motion to augment the record on

appeal.

2 of the family residence. The trial court (Judge Linda Lancet Miller) accepted and signed the stipulation. Alicia later moved to set aside the stipulation on grounds of fraud and duress, but in early 2018, the trial court denied her motion. (In re Marriage of Richards (Jan. 9, 2020, G055927) [nonpub. opn.] [affirming denial of motion to set aside].) The court then entered a formal judgment in January 2018 based on Ryal’s proposed judgment. The judgment specified terms “based on the handwritten [stipulation].” It included orders regarding the family residence, among other provisions. It also included an attorney fee provision, which stated, “If either party fails to perform any of his or her obligations under this Stipulated Judgment, and it thereby becomes…