Heal v. Heal

OPINION

GOLDBERG, Justice.

This case came before this Court on an appeal from a Family Court decision imposing a monetary sanction upon the defendant’s attorney based on a finding by the trial justice that counsel filed and litigated a frivolous counterclaim in which the defendant sought custody and physical possession of his minor children.

Facts and Travel

In the decision pending entry of final judgment in this divorce matter, the trial justice made the following findings of fact: Mr. Stephen Heal (husband or defendant) and Mrs. Astrida Heal (wife or plaintiff) were married in the State of…