Warnock v. Davis

CARLEY, Justice.

Paula Davis sued her mother Delora Warnock for conversion and for an implied trust. A jury found for Davis and the Court of Appeals affirmed in an unreported opinion and imposed a frivolous appeal penalty on Warnock. Warnock v. Davis, 218 Ga. App. XXVII (1995). This Court granted Warnock’s petition for certiorari to consider two issues: (1) a parent’s liability for funds received on behalf of a minor child and (2) the issue of imposition of sanctions under OCGA § 5-6-6.

In 1982 Warnock received a wrongful death settlement from the death of Alton Warnock, who was her husband and…