AboutTimmy Chou Expertise I am a experienced Mediator and a partner in a management consulting firm. As a mediator I work as a third-party neutral and specialize in partnership/shareholder disputes, management/labor issues, company culture difficulties, and family-owned business problems. I can help describe why alternative dispute resolution may be a good choice for you. As an experienced management consultant I may be able to offer creative ideas to help resolve your organizational and business problems and disputes. "If you say conflict, I say opportunity".
Question How do I convert an arbitration award for a dissolutin of marraige into a judgment? I'm located in CA
Answer Greetings and thank you for your question.
Typically arbitration is not submitted to a court unless the arbitration is part of a court-ordered solution and there is an active case.
Without this in place up front, the only solution is to file a new case seeking to have the agreement specified in a stipulated court ordered agreement. You will have to hire an attorney to do this, and the other party may not agree -- in which case you have another fight on your hands.
Usually family court mediations and arbitrations have a streamlined procedure for this cases of divorce, etc. I am surprised you were not advised of these options by those involved.
This is not always the case in every state and I am not familiar with CA procedures.
I would call a divorce mediation firm in CA and ask them how this is typically done -- they may also be able to help you get the last distance traveled fairly inexpensively.
