A.J.H. ex rel. M.J.H. v. M.A.H.S.

This case concerns the court’s inherent power to impose sanctions.

Background and Procedural History

M.J.H. (Father) filed a motion to modify child custody in May 2009. Hais, Hais, Goldberg & Coyne, P.C. (Appellant) represented M.A.H.S. (Mother) for the majority of the litigation. Early in the representation, Mother came to Appellant with a binder of emails from Father to his attorney. Appellant reviewed the emails and placed notes on certain of them. Based on the content of the emails, which Appellant believed indicated possible criminal wrongdoing by Father, Appellant counseled Mother to take…