Rector v. Tatham

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.:

This appeal requires us to decide the propriety of the district court’s dismissal of plaintiff Mary Rector’s lawsuit against her defendant siblings to enforce the terms of a mediated settlement agreement.

The handwritten agreement at issue — evidently arrived at in hope of resolving several ongoing disputes among Rector and her brother, Clifford Tatham, and her sisters, Patricia Disque and Ruth Strickland, regarding their mother s care and assets, including competing actions for guardianship and conservatorship — stated in pertinent part:

“3.…