Marriage of Dick CA4/2
In this appeal, we determine that the language of a stipulated judgment required that a spouse’s obligation to pay spousal support for an agreed upon term continued even though the supported spouse remarried during the term.
After over 13 years of marriage, Petitioner-Appellant Kristoffer Dick and Respondent Marlenna Dick stipulated to a judgment of dissolution. In that stipulated judgment, Kristoffer agreed to pay Marlenna $1,000 per month in spousal support for seven years. (This opinion will use first names for the parties due to their identical last names.)
Marlenna remarried two-and-a-half months after entry of the stipulated judgment. Pursuant to Family Code section 4337 (“section 4337”), spousal support terminates upon the remarriage of the supported party, but the parties may agree otherwise:
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