Indiana High School Athletic Association, Inc. v. Gregory S. Schafer and Shane Schafer b/n/f Gregory S. Schafer

OPINION

SHEPARD, Senior Judge.

A trial court may award attorney's fees when a party continues to litigate the case after the party's claims have become frivolous, unreasonable, or groundless. Here, the trial court ordered fees after finding that the litigation conduct by the Indiana High School Athletic Association in trying to prevent a student from playing for his school demonstrated all three of these.

We conclude that, at the least, the trial court was within its discretion to hold that the course of conduct by IHSAA was "unreasonable" and that it could consider the multiple rulings adverse…