Legal Opinion
Reese v. Guy
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 2, 1999No. G020962PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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SEYMOUR, J.*
In this case we hold that when a motion for sanctions against a party and her attorney has been noticed under Code of Civil Procedure section 128.7,1 the trial court may not impose sanctions under section 128.5. We reverse the order awarding sanctions against Joanne Guy and her attorney, Philip A. Levy.
This appeal arises from a 1988 petition for dissolution of the marriage of David Reese and Joanne Guy. A 1993 child custody order gave Reese primary physical custody of their son and allowed Guy visitation.
In June 1996, Reese’s attorney, Nancy Bennett Bunn, filed, an order to…
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