Goldman v. Estate of Goldman

Richard Goldman, Kenneth Goldman, Mitchel Goldman, Ethan Goldman, and Andrea Carless appeal the trial court’s order awarding attorney’s fees and costs in favor of appellee, Jonathan Lewin. 1 We reverse the order without prejudice because the trial court, under its inherent authority to award attorney’s fees and costs, failed to make bad faith findings.

In the fall of 2007, Attorney Liz Con-suegra appeared as court-appointed Guardian Ad Litem for Aaron Goldman in his guardianship proceedings. During the proceedings, Consuegra reviewed the guardianship file, which contained Goldman’s…