In Re Marriage Of Quay

We consider together two appeals filed by Dr. Steven C. Quay (Steven) in this  vigorously litigated marital dissolution case. The first appeal is from a further judgment on certain reserved issues, and Mrs. Judy Quay (Judy) mounts a protective cross-appeal. (H009495.) In the first appeal Steven challenges the trial court's treatment of a covenant not to compete, entered into in connection with the sale of a business. He also challenges the trial court's award to Judy of $100,000 in attorney fees, based on Civil Code section 4370.6. In the second appeal Steven challenges the trial court's postjudgment order assigning to him the whole face value of a $980,000 note, based on a loan he made while the dissolution action was pending and he was managing the community's assets. (H009803.) We take up the appeals one by one, but rely on one statement of the basic facts. In the first case we reverse the ruling on the covenant not to compete. In the second case we affirm the trial court's order assigning the $980,000 note solely to Steven.