Judge: Malcolm Mackey, Case: BC662020, Date: 2022-09-08 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: BC662020    Hearing Date: September 8, 2022    Dept: 55

HOWARD BRIGHTMAN v. ZIG I GAUTHIER                                                 BC662020 

Hearing Date:  9/8/22,  Dept. 55

#10:   MOTION TO SET ASIDE A VOID RENEWAL (CCP §473).

 

Notice:  Okay

No Opposition

 

MP:  Judgment Creditor and Assignee, MARK SCHULMAN, AS TRUSTEE OF THE MARK SCHULMAN 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN – ROTH ACCOUNT.

RP:  

 

 

Summary

 

On 7/19/18, there was a Judgment pursuant to stipulation.

On 3/9/21, all rights in the Judgment were assigned to Mark Schulman etc.

On 2/18/22, the Clerk issued a notice of rejection of the renewal of judgment, and referenced bringing a motion to the Court.

 

 

 

 

 

MP Positions

 

Moving party requests an order vacating and setting aside the Renewal of Judgment entered in this action on 8/6/21, on grounds including the following:

·         Moving party’s own Renewal of Judgment is void on its face.

·         It does not correctly set forth the last known address of the judgment debtor. CCP § 683.140(c).

 

 

Tentative Ruling

 

The unopposed motion is granted.

It appears that the Clerk’s rejecting the Renewal of Judgment contemplated pursuit of this judicial order, to enable an amended Renewal of Judgment.

The failure to file a proper and timely opposition in trial court creates a waiver of the issues on any appeal.  Bell v. Am. Title Ins. Co. (1991) 226 Cal. App. 3d 1589, 1602;  Cabrini Villas Homeowners Assn. v. Haghverdian (2003) 111 Cal. App. 4th 683, 693.  A judge in a civil case is not "'obligated to seek out theories [a party] might have advanced, or to articulate … that which … [a party] has left unspoken.'"  Mesecher v. County of San Diego (1992) 9 Cal. App. 4th 1677, 1686.