CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Settlement Agreements
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An attorney's signature on a document with a notation that it is approved as to form and content does not, as a matter of law, preclude a factual finding that the attorney intended to be bound by the document's terms.

Attorney who is convinced client's claim has no merit may still attempt to settle the case.

The failure to initial a clear term in a contract does not affect the enforceability of that provision.

Approving a settlement agreement as to form and content does not make an attorney a party to it.

Fully executed oral settlement agreement and subsequent deeds pursuant thereto unenforceable where they failed to meet requirements of FC §2550; parties may not transmute property after petition filed unless per FC §2550.

The law favors settlements, even those entered into by the parties without their attorneys' knowledge.