Marriage of Tsatryan CA2/7

INTRODUCTION

In May 2015 the family court entered a judgment of dissolution of Arthur and Polina1 Tsatryan’s marriage and found their former marital residence in Santa Clarita (the Santa Clarita property) was community property. The court subsequently awarded Polina 100 percent of the property after finding Arthur breached his fiduciary duties to Polina by executing seven deeds of trust conveying security interests in the property to his relatives on the eve of the dissolution trial, substantially encumbering all equity in the property. In January 2016 Polina filed a complaint for fraudulent transfer and declaratory relief against Arthur and the seven transferees, five of whom defaulted. After a bifurcated prove-up trial on Polina’s claims against the defaulting defendants, the family court entered a judgment voiding the deeds of trust. Arthur appeals from that judgment. However, because Arthur is not a party aggrieved by the judgment, he lacks standing to appeal. We dismiss the appeal.

We refer to Arthur and Polina by their first names to avoid confusion.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. The Judgment of Dissolution and Santa Clarita Property2 Arthur and Polina…