Rice

BACKGROUND

For two days in May 2013, the parties presented evidence and argument to the trial court on issues related to, among other things, modification of child support, child support arrears, and failure to comply with court orders. In the course of that trial, following discussions “off the record,” the parties agreed to a “global resolution of all outstanding issues between the parties with respect to payment of current support and payment on arrears, and the outstanding contempt proceedings . . . .” That global resolution, identified as a judicially supervised agreement entered into in open court under Code of Civil Procedure section 664.6, included a finding that the total amount of child support arrears owed by father was $125,000. Father agreed to make regular payments toward the arrears, pursuant to an installment plan. Additionally, there would be a “stay of enforcement of [the judgment on arrears], contingent upon” father’s adherence to the installment plan agreed to by the parties. Should father be late on a single payment, “the entire balance [would be] due and payable, the contemplated global resolution would be revoked, and all enforcement remedies would be…