California Court of Appeal February 10, 1997, B090724 (In Re Marriage of Adams)

Opinion

JOHNSON, J.

This appeal stems from a court order directing appellant to pay sanctions pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 128.5. The issue

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is whether trial courts may award Code of Civil Procedure section 128.5 sanctions to a party whose attorney represents her on a contingency basis. We hold they may and affirm the trial court’s imposition of sanctions.