CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Enforcement of Oral or Written Settlement
.........Oral Settlement Enforced
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Oral settlement reached before arbitrator is "judicially supervised" proceeding and enforceable.

Four-yr. SOL for written contract applied where, although D didn't sign settlement agreement, he agreed to its specific terms in open court.

Oral out-of-court settlement properly enforced by motion for summary judgment.

Oral agreement to settle enforceable in various ways, including motion for summary judgment. Settlement terminates lawsuit.

Party permitted to file civil lawsuit to enforce oral settlement recited in open court after lawsuit dismissed despite statute of limitations defense.