Marriage of Colletta
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF
SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
H029795 ( Super. | |
ANDREW COLLETTA, Respondent, v. LYNDA COLLETTA, Appellant. |
I. INTRODUCTION
Appellant Lynda Colletta and respondent Andrew Colletta[1] stipulated that attorney Victor Castro would be appointed temporary judge of the superior court to settle their marital dissolution action. After the settlement conference held
Lynda subsequently brought a motion to set aside the sanctions portion of judgment on the ground of attorney mistake and inadvertence, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 473, subdivision (b). Andrew contended that the motion must be heard by Judge Castro. The trial court agreed, and issued an order of
On appeal, Lynda contends that the trial court erred in referring the motion to set aside the sanctions portion of the judgment to Judge Castro. She also contends that Judge Castro erred in denying the motion. For reasons that we will explain, we find no error and therefore we will affirm.
II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
A. Background
Andrew and Lynda were married in 1975 and separated in 2002. They have one minor child, Amanda, who is 15 years old. Andrew petitioned for dissolution of marriage in December 2002.
During the course of the litigation, a settlement conference was set for