Marriage of Shah and Shaw CA4/3

FACTS

As we noted in our prior opinion affirming the parties’ marital dissolution judgment (In re Marriage of Shah and Shaw (Sept. 21, 2010, G042012) [nonpub. opn.], this dissolution process has been protracted: “Ten years after they were married, husband obtained a divorce in Pakistan. Wife, who did not believe the judgment was valid, filed the instant case, in which husband filed a motion to quash. From the approximate period of the purported Pakistani divorce, the parties had entered into several agreements dealing with the ‘status of their marriage,’ property division, support, and custody and visitation.” (Opinion, p. 3.) Nearly 10 years ago, in April of 2003, the parties engaged in mediation and resolved most of their disputes concerning the division of marital assets. Then, in 2008, the parties tried their remaining disputes in the superior court. The court ruled Shaw had improperly allowed third party liens to be placed on “the Bishop Street Property” awarded to his former wife in the mediation, and ordered that he immediately clear those liens from the property and deed the property to her. The court rejected Shaw’s claim that his former wife had violated a court order…