AAWestwood

I. INTRODUCTION

Defendant and cross-complainant Liberal Arts 677 Benevolent Foundation, Inc. (Liberal Arts) appeals from the trial court’s entry of an award of attorney fees which directed that interest accrue on the award beginning on the date the court awarded fees. In Liberal Arts’s view, the court erred in failing to order that interest on the fee award accrue earlier, namely, on the date it entered a money judgment in Liberal Arts’s favor. We affirm.

II. BACKGROUND

The parties’ dispute over certain parking spaces has been the subject of two prior appeals. We recite here only the facts that are relevant for purposes of the instant appeal. In 2013, plaintiff AAWestwood, LLC (AAWestwood) filed a complaint against Liberal Arts for quiet title and forcible detainer, and Liberal Arts crossed-complained for quiet title and declaratory relief. (AAWestwood, LLC v. Liberal Arts 677 Benevolent Foundation (Nov. 13, 2020, B296066) [nonpub. opn.].) Following a bench trial, the trial court found in favor of Liberal Arts on certain of the claims, in favor of AAWestwood on other claims, and concluded that Liberal Arts was the prevailing party under Code of Civil Procedure section 1032,…