Guardianship of Buckalew v. Buccluch

CARLTON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. James Buckalew appeals the judgment of the Chancery Court of Lauderdale County, arguing that the chancellor erred in determining the amount of sanctions to award upon the finding that Diane Buc-cluch’s counterclaim against James was a frivolous pleading. James seeks an increased amount of sanctions against Diane to compensate him for defending against her frivolous counterclaim. James also argues that the answers and defenses pleaded by Diane were without any supporting evidence and, thus, also frivolous and sanc-tionable.

¶ 2. Following James’s appeal, Diane…