Filed 1/28/15 Wilson v. Super. Ct. CA2/1 

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT 

DIVISION ONE 

JOYCE WILSON et al., 

 Petitioners, 

 v. 

THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS 

ANGELES COUNTY, 

 Respondent; 

ALICE ALONZO, 

 Real Party in Interest. 

 B256026 

 (Los Angeles County 

 Super. Ct. No. BC508742) 

 ORIGINAL PROCEEDING; petition for writ of mandate. Randolph Rogers, 

Judge. Petition denied. 

 Ferguson Case Orr Paterson, Wendy C. Lascher, Anna L. Bijelic and Lauren C. 

Rad, for Petitioners. 

 No appearance by Respondent. 

 Rehwald Glasner & Chaleff, William Rehwald and Kevin Rehwald, for Real Party 

in Interest. 

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 Joyce and Breanna Wilson are defendants in a civil action filed by Alice Alonzo 

alleging that when Joyce and her ex-husband Stephen Wilson1 divorced, he fraudulently 

transferred his interest in community property to Joyce, in an effort to prevent Alonzo 

from recovering court-ordered restitution and a potential damages award in Alonzo’s 

ongoing personal injury lawsuit against Stephen. The trial court denied Joyce’s motion to 

quash a deposition subpoena by Alonzo requesting that Stephen’s divorce lawyer produce 

a confidential marital settlement agreement (CMSA) entered into by Joyce and Stephen 

in or about July/August 2011. Joyce filed a petition for writ of mandate arguing that the 

CMSA was prepared in the course of mediation and protected from disclosure by 

Evidence Code section 1119, and asking us to order the trial court to vacate its order and 

to direct the trial court to enter an order quashing Alonzo’s request for production of the 

CMSA. We issued an order to show cause and stayed further proceedings in the trial 

court. 

 After oral argument, on September 11, 2014, we vacated submission and ordered 

the trial court to hold a hearing within 60 days and make a factual determination whether 

mediation took place and, if so, when it occurred. The trial court held an evidentiary 

hearing on November 14, 2014. After hearing, the trial court filed a comprehensive order 

on December 18, 2014, stating that “a ‘mediation’ did not take place within the meaning 

of Evidence Code §1115(a).” The order concluded that the evidence supported a finding 

that Joyce had begun a collaborative law process to obtain a divorce from Stephen, but 

subsequently abandoned the collaborative law dispute resolution process because it could 

not produce a confidential settlement agreement. As the order states: “[T]he evidence 

reflects that the whole purpose of at least ostensibly using the mediation process was to 

facilitate confidential transfers of Stephen Paul Wilson’s assets to Joyce Wilson, the 

mother of his two children, in order to put those assets out of the reach of [Alonzo] that 

he was charged with, and ultimately convicted of, torturing and attempting to murder.” 

Although there was some evidence that someone was retained to be denominated the 

 1 We use the Wilsons’ first names to prevent confusion. No disrespect is intended. 
3

“‘mediator,’” “no evidence was presented that established that the ‘mediator’ in any way 

facilitated the communications between the parties ‘to assist them in reaching a mutually 

acceptable agreement.’” 

 As the trial court has found that no mediation took place, the CMSA is not 

protected from disclosure. Joyce’s motion to quash was properly denied. 

DISPOSITION 

 The petition for writ of mandate is denied, and the stay is vacated. 

 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED. 

 JOHNSON, J. 

We concur: 

 CHANEY, Acting P. J. 

 MILLER, J.*

 * Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant 

to article VI, section 6 of the California Constitution.