Family,
California Courts of Appeal
Dec. 2, 2015
Ruling dishes on Family Code fee awards
A recent appellate ruling wrestled with whether a trial court must differentiate between fee awards under the cost-shifting provisions of the Family Code and awards under the sanctions section.
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In the case of In re Marriage of Smith, 2015 DJDAR 12581 (Nov. 20, 2015), the 4th District Court of Appeal decided whether a trial court must make an explicit differentiation between the attorney fees sums awarded pursuant to the family law cost-shifting provision (Family Code Section 2030) with those awarded under the sanctions section (Family Code Section 271). The answer to that question is no, at least on the facts presented in this case.
The court also decided whether, i...
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