CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Enforcement
......Interest on Judgments
.........Interest on Money Judgments
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Money due pursuant to judgment accrues interest at legal rate.

Interest accrues from entry of judgment.

Pre-judgment interest on damages certain.

Interest may be awarded in cases involving oppression, fraud, or malice.

When the court must still determine if one side should pay certain expenses of their opponent, there is no money judgment as to those expenses until the court decides they are recoverable.

Spouse owes interest from the date property sold pursuant to divorce decree, not date other spouse discovers sale.

For purposes of accruing interest, the "date of entry of the judgment" is the critical date, not the date when any postjudgment challenges might be resolved; trial ct. does not have discretion to adopt a different accrual date.

Interest does not begin to accrue on money owed pursuant to a judgment until payment is due.

Interest begins to accrue on date of judgment, unless contrary appears.

Cases involving interest on Family Law judgments.