Jurisdiction To Enter A Nunc Pro Tunc Judgment.

A husband and wife were orally granted dissolution of their marriage and the court reserved jurisdiction on all other issues. Two weeks later, the husband died, and three days after that, the court entered the written dissolution of marriage. Counsel for the deceased husband requested the court enter the judgment nunc pro tunc to a date prior to his death, and the trial court, after concluding it had lost jurisdiction, denied the request. The appellate court granted a writ of mandate, holding the court did not lose jurisdiction to enter a nunc pro tunc judgment. (Frederick v. Sup. Ct. (Martin)  (Cal. App. Second Dist., Div. 1; February 6, 2014) 223 Cal.App.4th 988, [167 Cal.Rptr.3d 773].)