Mitchell v. Mitchell

Frederick N. Young, Presiding Judge.

Appellants Melanie L. Mitchell (n.k.a. Colley) and Richard Kaplan appeal from a judgment of the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, Domestic Relations Division, imposing sanctions against them for frivolous conduct.

The appellants advance two assignments of error. First, they contend that the trial court erred by declaring frivolous Colley’s motion for a change in child custody. Next, the appellants claim that the trial court erred when it found nothing in Ohio’s frivolous-conduct statute requiring a motion for attorney fees to be in writing.

The present…