Sadeghi

FACTS

Sidney and Arman married in 2009. In 2018, Sidney and Arman received a loan from Angizeh. In 2020, Sidney filed for divorce. In their pleadings, Sidney and Arman both identified the loan as a community debt. In 2021, while the dissolution matter was pending in the family law court, Angizeh filed a separate civil complaint against Sidney and Arman which alleged breach of the loan agreement. In 2022, while the marital dissolution matter was still pending, the court entered a default judgment against Sidney and Arman. Sidney later filed a motion to vacate the default judgment on the grounds the family law court had priority jurisdiction and, the civil court therefore lacked jurisdiction over the subject matter of the loan. The court denied the motion.

1 Because the parties share the same last name, we refer to them by their first names. No disrespect is intended. 2 Sidney requests we exercise our discretion and take judicial notice of certain trial court pleadings filed in the family law case. Since Sidney has no basis to appeal, we decline to judicially notice these documents.

DISCUSSION

Sidney appeals from an order denying her request to vacate the 3 default judgment.…