Sinio v. Bledsoe

The trial court imposed sanctions on appellant, an attorney, for filing an affidavit that was designed to make the court think that her client had little or no assets when her client in fact had $60,000 to $70,000 in assets. We affirm.

Bess Sinio is the beneficiary of a trust created by her mother’s will. Sinio’s son, Frank Bledsoe, is the trustee. Sinio concluded that her son had breached his fiduciary duties. Sinio’s first attorney filed an action in circuit court to recover the damages that Sinio had allegedly suffered as a result of her son’s actions. Sinio discharged her first attorney…