Canaan Taiwanese Christian Church v. All World Mission Ministries

Respondent Canaan Taiwanese Christian Church (CTCC), a California nonprofit religious corporation, brought an unlawful detainer action against All World Mission Ministries (AWMM), a California nonprofit religious corporation, doing business as World Mission Prayer Center (World Mission). On appeal, AWMM asserts that the court’s “Order Granting Plaintiff’s Ex Parte Application for Order Compelling Execution of Settlement Agreement” improperly compelled its pastor, who was not a party to the action, to sign the written settlement agreement in his individual capacity. 1 Appellant also maintains that the parties’ oral settlement agreement, which was placed on the record before the trial court on May 18, 2011, did not require the pastor to personally waive his claims against respondent CTCC.

We now conclude that the parties’ oral settlement agreement did not require the pastor to release any personal claims against respondent or sign a written agreement purportedly conforming to the oral settlement in his *1119 individual capacity. In addition, we find that the superior court lacked personal jurisdiction over the pastor. Accordingly, we reverse the challenged…