Marriage of Lakritz CA4/3

FACTS

Ophira and Leor married in 1985 and separated in 2018. The superior court entered a status only judgment dissolving the marriage in August 2019. Two years later, the parties stipulated to the appointment of Justice Sheila Prell Sonenshine (Ret.) as a temporary judge. The court agreed and ordered the appointment. The parties agreed to split the fees associated with Justice Sonenshine and the JAMS, Inc. (JAMS) facilities. In January 2020, the parties reached a settlement regarding the division and characterization of multiple properties and assets. They signed a stipulation, which was incorporated into a judgment on reserved issues, filed in the superior court on March 11, 2020. The judgment was organized into subparts labeled A through G. Relevant to this case, paragraph D provided the following: “[Leor] will be awarded as his sole and separate property, all properties identified on list ‘B’ attached, plus the [three] Israeli properties including [two] related lots. [Leor] will take the Israeli properties at the values they were appraised in Israel, per the Israel [c]ourt order.” Paragraph E provided Leor would also be awarded the Apple Valley property located on South…