Sacramento County Department of Health & Human Services v. Leslie B.

Opinion

SIMS, Acting P. J.

“Code of Civil Procedure section 128.7 provides that the filing of a pleading certifies that, to the attorney or unrepresented party’s ‘knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances,-’ the pleading is not being presented ‘primarily for an improper purpose,’ the claims, defenses and other legal contentions therein are ‘warranted,’ and the allegations and other factual contentions ‘have evidentiary support.’ (Id.., subd. (b),) If these standards are violated, the court can impose an appropriate sanction sufficient to…