Can a judge interpret terms of a settlement agreement?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Rosen v. Cook, A123548, A123558, No. CIV440930, No. CIV451036, No. CIV461115 (Cal. App. 2011):
seq., pp. 12(II)-76 to 12(II)-82-7; Fiore v. Alvord (1985) 182 Cal.App.3d 561... [court may interpret terms of settlement agreement]), nothing in section 664.6 authorizes a judge to create the material terms of a settlement, as opposed to deciding what terms the parties themselves have previously agreed upon." (Weddington, supra, 60 Cal.App.4th at p. 809.)
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